Category: Plants
A cabbage in a dream signifies trouble, wealth, or a coarse individual. Generally, dreaming of a cabbage head carries unfavorable implications for most people and especially for those who grow it.
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Letter "C" — 237 interpretations
Browse all Islamic dream interpretations beginning with the letter C. Each interpretation is based on authentic Islamic sources and scholarly traditions.
Category: Objects
(Hawser, Rope) Observing a cable in a dream indicates theft, financial gain, a long life, or it may signify matrimony.
Category: Plants
(Also plant) To consume or inhale the scent of a cactus plant in a dream denotes grief, melancholy, a rift between spouses, or enduring a life of discontent.
Category: Objects
(Cradle, House, Prison) A cage in a dream represents a jail, a baby's bed, or a dwelling. Placing one's head inside a cage while moving through marketplaces means selling one's home. A cage also suggests intricate difficulties. Seeing a cage within a court of law denotes marriage.
Category: Types of People
In a dream, a maker of cages symbolizes a constructor, a clothier, marriage, an instructor, a jailer, or one who weaves.
Category: Types of People
(Murderer) Cain, the eldest son of Adam and Eve, who slew his sibling Abel. To see him in a dream means hiding a killing. If a person innocent of murder beholds Cain, it foretells involvement in a matter that will bring deep remorse.
Category: Food
If a needy person dreams of consuming altered bread or a cake, it foretells illness or the denial of something one expects to obtain. (Also see Bread)
Category: Feelings
(Catastrophe, Destiny, Fate, Kismet) A calamity in a dream portends the reverse in waking life, signifying happiness that follows intense hardship.
Category: Objects
(Kettle) In a dream, a caldron signifies a sensible approach through which matters may progress correctly. It also denotes an intermediary, a negotiator, or a companion with valuable links.
Category: Animals
In a dream, a calf symbolizes a newborn boy. Seeing roasted calf flesh means the easing of one's anxieties or news of a firstborn son; it could also indicate hardship, distress, and defiance. If a woman sees a calf decorated with finery, it suggests delight, pleasure, and enticement. Conversely, a bedecked calf may also denote renown and vice. Eating calf meat signifies money acquired from an oppressive person. To dream of bringing a calf into one's home signifies grief, sorrow, and alarm.
Category: Types of People
(Caliphate, Deputy, King, vice-regent) A caliph in a dream symbolizes governance, authority, fairness, or a representative who enforces divine commandments on earth. If one sees oneself trying to slay the caliph, it indicates selfish ambition or pursuing a high position that will be achieved. (Also see King)
Category: Action
Listening to the adhan in a dream signals the arrival of the pilgrimage season or the proclamation of its sacred months. It might also point to gossip, theft, a significant development, or declarations of conflict. Alternatively, it can signify status and respect, compliance with instructions from the dreamer, or the forthcoming marriage for one without a spouse, as well as speaking truthfully. Hearing the adhan in a tongue other than Arabic, the language of its revelation, suggests falsehood and slander. A woman proclaiming the call from atop a minaret foretells novelties and tribulations. Children issuing the adhan indicates that ignorant individuals will govern the region, especially if done at an improper hour. A qualified person delivering the call appropriately implies appointment to rule over a territory as extensive as his voice carries. If unfit for leadership, it means adversaries will multiply. For a trader, it promises expansion in commerce. The adhan heard in a dream may further denote heartfelt supplications and virtuous invocations. Proclaiming it from within a well suggests inviting foreigners to embrace Allah's straight path, adhere to the prescribed rulings, and follow the revealed laws as their faith and practice. Doing so from a Muslim land marks the caller as a covert agent or a heretic altering divine ordinances. Issuing the call from the roof of the honored Kaaba indicates bid'ah or innovation in religion. Delivering it while reclining in bed points to the spouse engaging in defamation against neighbors. Making the call at a ruler's gate means bearing witness to truth in a judicial setting. Proclaiming it during travel in a caravan or bazaar foretells unmasking a group of bandits. From within ruins, it signifies reconstruction and resettlement of that site. Calling from a bathhouse or during bathing warns of impending fever. An unanswered call associates the dreamer with oppressive company. A melodious call heeded by listeners shows pursuit of favor from those in power. Calling while uncovered reflects heedlessness and disdain toward faith. Standing upon refuse while calling implies futile attempts to reconcile with a foolish individual. The adhan sounded within a market heralds the passing of one of its traders.
Category: Types of People
(Muezzin) In a dream, this figure stands for one who summons others to virtue and divine favor, or he may symbolize a middleman, an official who solemnizes marriages, a royal envoy, or a gatekeeper. (Also see Muezzin)
Category: Types of People
(Copyist, Handwriting) A calligrapher in a dream signifies wisdom, mapping, and illumination. Alternatively, he may represent anguish, difficulty, gloom, perceiving things as dark, or he could signify moral integrity. A calligrapher also denotes someone who instructs others in cunning, for writing itself is an artful skill. (Also see Writer)
Category: Action
(Shouting) If one's name is spoken from nearby in a dream, it foretells forming friendships with pleasant and kind individuals. If one's name is called from the skyline or a far valley, it indicates achieving a dignified position and high standing. If one's name is heard from a vast distance, it suggests having strayed from divine injunctions and enduring separation from the Creator.
Category: Action
In a dream, calumniation signifies flames, severe speech, reprimand, or false accusation.
Category: Animals
Riding a tame camel in a dream indicates resolving a difficulty through the aid of a stranger. If an Arab assists in the dream, it foretells undertaking the pilgrimage to Mecca. Dismounting the camel during the journey signifies an illness that will interrupt one's travels. Leaping over a camel suggests distress, sickness, or rising hostility toward an arrogant person. Being unable to manage one's camel means being overpowered by a formidable adversary. Guiding a camel along a proper road denotes directing an inattentive soul toward righteousness; leading it onto a byway means misleading that person into error. If a female camel departs one's home, it predicts parting from a wife through divorce or death. A camel also signifies affluence, tribulations, a tree, or a woman's possessions. It can represent a person of knowledge. Gathering camel hair symbolizes wealth. (Also see Counting camels, Milk)
Category: Types of People
In a dream, a camel driver denotes an overseer, a leader, a seafarer, a ship's master, a journey, or the passing of an ill person.
Category: Plants
(A resinous substance with a strong scent from the camphor tree. Camphor tree (Evergreen tree).) In a dream, camphor denotes praise, happiness, or distinction, giving alms discreetly, expecting a child, or performing righteous acts. (Also see Shrouding, Mummification)
Category: Water
(Channel, Water passage, Watercourse) In a dream, a canal symbolizes a woman, money, or a learned person. Digging a watercourse signifies marrying, establishing a trade, or securing employment to support one's household and community. Seeing a canal also means suffering caused by a relative. Water channels represent domestic helpers. A canal may also indicate a toilet, a drain, a market, or a store. Therefore, excavating a canal can mean prosperity and spending to maintain one's family. Blocking a canal foretells divorce, separation of spouses, severing kinship ties, emigrating, or estrangement from one's tribe. It may also mean resigning from work, forgiving a debt, or shutting a business. A watercourse flowing inside one's home brings blessings and abundance. Urinating into a canal signifies sin, transgression, or mistreating a servant. A canal can also represent a cleaner who removes filth, a street sweeper, or an illicit union. A dry canal signifies stalled commerce, unsold goods, a lifeless market, marital strife, bladder ailments, or kidney issues. Digging a canal that fills with water indicates deceit.
Category: Objects
In a dream, a candleholder signifies a wife if the dreamer is unmarried, or it denotes a son for a man who is married. (Also see Chandler)
Category: Fire
(Wax) In a dream, candlelight symbolizes strength or a distinguished son who is charitable and benevolent. The melting wax of a burning candle represents income that is earned with effort yet remains lawful. For an unmarried person, seeing a candlestick foretells marriage, a significant position, a virtuous man, guiding someone astray, or a poor person becoming affluent. (Also see Chandler)
Category: Objects
In a dream, a shop selling candles signifies turning back to God and receiving divine direction. (Also see Chandler)
Category: Food
(Cash) In a dream, candy symbolizes money earned through labor, liberation from confinement, recovery from sickness, giving birth, or enrolling in studies to gain wisdom or learn a craft. Candy in a vision also denotes ready money.
Category: Types of People
A maker of sweets in a dream denotes a knowledgeable man, or it may indicate financial gain. (Also see Candy salesman)
Category: Types of People
(Candy shop) In a dream, a seller of candy represents a person who is amiable and mild-mannered. If he accepts payment for his goods in the dream, it means he compliments others with gracious speech, and they respond with even finer praise. (Also see Candy maker)
Category: Action
(Basket weaver, Caner, Mesh weaver, Reed) In a dream, a worker with canes represents a weaver, a clothier, a constructor, a designer, or one who digs graves.
Category: Objects
(A canopy with drapes covering one's bed, a Mosquito net, a Transparent hood) In a dream, the drapery over a bed signifies a virtuous woman or a gentleman of good conduct. It may also denote one's spouse, or it could imply suffering, sorrow, anxiety, or obscurity. (Also see Bed, Couch, Mattress)
Category: Objects
(Pavilion, Tent) Erecting a pavilion outdoors to sit beneath it in a dream signifies acquiring authority and command. A canopy also denotes visiting the tombs of martyrs and supplicating for them, or dying in their noble condition. Taking down a canopy means losing one's influence and rule, or it may signal the approach of death's end. Stepping out from under a canopy indicates a decline in one's power or affairs. Entering or standing under a canopy signifies sincerity of heart and purpose, achieving the rank of a martyr through genuine faith, or journeying to the Holy Sanctuary in Jerusalem. (Also see Pavilion, Tent)
Category: Earth
(Mountain pass, Mountain trails) In a dream, deep gorges or canyons symbolize deceit, treachery, dishonesty, and guile. Observing a mountain pass could also mean surmounting hardships or finding respite from troubles. (Also see Aqiaq canyon)
Category: Objects
(Overseas cap, Persian toga, Roman toga, Shawl) In a dream, a cap signifies journeys, a wife who sustains her husband, or a husband who supports his wife. A shawl-like garment worn over the head and shoulders denotes dignity, courage, a new occupation, travel, a brother, or a father. Removing a cap means forfeiting one's position or wealth. A damaged cap predicts the death of a brother or father. Wearing a cap also signifies settling one's obligations. (Also see Coat, Overcoat)
Category: Types of People
Seeing the commander of a ship or the pilot of an aircraft in a dream indicates long journeys, commerce, or financial benefits. (Also see Camel driver)
Category: Objects
(Automobile, Carriage, Carrier, Coach, Lift, Litter, Transport, Vehicle, Wheels) In a dream, a car symbolizes a person who skillfully orders his affairs, as a vehicle is composed of many harmonized components and conveys objects from place to place. If one sees oneself riding a litter borne by others, it foretells presiding over people or fathering a son who will rise in status. For a traveler, seeing a car suggests a sluggish journey with delays. A car also denotes respect, prestige, progress, and achievement. Grasping a car or chasing after it means currying favor with a powerful person and gaining from that proximity. Riding a cargo truck signifies experiencing anxiety and grief. (Also see Carrier, Racing)
Category: Plants
(Herb) In a dream, caraway signifies a business venture that yields profit.
Category: Types of People
(Teasing bow) In a dream, a bow for carding cotton represents a dishonorable and offensive woman. Its string or spike symbolizes her sorrowful husband. Holding a carder means associating with a person full of pretense and unpleasantness. (Also see Cotton)
Category: Feelings
(Concern, Conscious, Watchful) Exercising excessive caution over something trivial in a dream denotes insincerity, deviating from what is true, or neglecting the divine warnings of the Qur'an or any portion of it.
Category: Action
(Tender touch) In a dream, gently stroking a bird, dog, cat, horse, or cow indicates a compassionate nature, speaking kindly, and the power to attract others. Caressing someone by day means defaming or speaking ill of them. Caressing a woman signifies becoming an interpreter, or it may represent a shallow person who appeals to foolish individuals; it could also denote self-praise or a lack of skill in one's work.
Category: Objects
(Load, Shipment) Taking delivery of a shipment in a dream signifies a weighty responsibility, obstacles, sickness, distress, discomfort, or worry. (Also see Car)
Category: Feelings
(arb. 'Aqiq. A variety of chalcedony, Crystalline mineral, Gem, Jewellery, Precious stone) Seeing a carnelian-red stone in a dream means the end of want. Among all stones at the beginning of creation, the carnelian was first to declare God's Singularity. If one dreams of performing the ritual bath with carnelian essence, it denotes possessing something blessed, which will show in one's endeavors and success in both worldly and spiritual matters. A carnelian stone also represents one's descendants, pious behavior, and noble traits; the white variety holds even greater significance than the red. (Also see Aqiq canyons, Aqiqah rights)
Category: Plants
(Carob beans) In a dream, carob beans signify the weakening or passing of an ill person, whether consumed or not. Generally, carob in a vision portends ruin and loss. (Also see Tree)
Category: Types of People
A carpenter in a dream symbolizes an instructor or mentor. Seeing a carpenter also means restraining the schemes of hypocrites and compelling them to follow what is right. Building a small boat foretells a journey. Constructing a water wheel indicates earnings from property; building a mill foretells arguments. Repairing a door latch signifies marriage or children. Making a plow signifies agriculture. (Also see Constructor worker)
Category: Objects
A carpet or woven mat in a dream signifies ease, advancement in position, elevated rank, and honor. It embodies the owner of the dwelling. Every variety of carpet or mat falls under this symbolism. Sitting upon a carpet foretells acquiring land or an agricultural estate. During conflict, resting on one promises protection from harm. Gazing intently at a carpet and perceiving within its pattern the likeness of a known individual indicates that the depicted figure has deviated from the right path. It further suggests that this person will deliver a striking account infused with untruths. Possessing a carpet also denotes material benefits for its proprietor. A carpet appearing folded points to confined worldly pursuits. Such a folded state additionally implies limited earnings, obstacles in journeys, unease over certain matters, or challenges in securing stable provision. A fresh and finely crafted carpet promises extended lifespan, affluence, and resolve for its owner. Beholding a carpet laid out for seating in an unfamiliar location with an unknown host means relocating abroad and achieving prosperous sustenance there. Should the carpet be worn thin in that setting, it still heralds earthly success and prolonged years. Resting on a carpet likewise signifies companionship with authorities and magistrates. If the carpet is taken away, destroyed by fire, or thinned out, it signals approaching the end of worldly existence, accompanied by trials, sickness, or frailty. A tattered old carpet reflects hardship, or represents a person who magnifies his own importance, elevates his standing, yet proves to be deceptive and untrue.
Category: Types of People
A person weaving carpets in a dream symbolizes one who conducts marriage ceremonies or unites couples in wedlock. (Also see Architect, Artist, Carpet)
Category: Objects
(Barn, Byre, Coach, Cowshed, Stall) A carriage house in a dream signifies a place where officials, scholars, traders, travelers, or onlookers gather. Its appearance mirrors the condition, harmony, or disorder found among such circles. (Also see Barn, Stableman)
Category: Types of People
(Driver, Mail carrier, Messenger, Renter) In a dream, a carrier suggests either recovering from sickness or falling into it, settling one’s dues, bearing responsibilities, facing hardships, or offering relief to others. It may also symbolize a businessperson, protector, courier, or law officer.
Category: Angels
Seeing the carriers of the Divine Throne in a dream denotes honor, steadfastness, power, unity, compassion, and harmony with all creation. Their presence affirms genuine faith, sincere belief, and closeness to those granted nearness to the Divine King.
Category: Animals
(or any common crow, especially one with a red beak, or a starling) In a dream, a carrion crow signifies a powerful person, individuals who enjoy sharing, or pointless unrest arising without true reason. (Also see Crow)
Category: Plants
In a dream, carrots can signify temporary relief, restraint, absence, or an unpleasant person. Yet if one is seen holding or eating a carrot, it points to resolving difficulties. Some say it can also allude to sorrow or emotional burden. Other interpreters view carrots more favorably, seeing them as a sign of benefit, including the release of a captive.
Category: Action
To carry someone in a dream: if the load feels heavy, it signals harm or trouble stirred by a neighbor. If a woman carries a burdensome weight, it may symbolize a husband driven by excess. Bearing a load on one’s shoulders also reflects one’s sins. Pregnancy in a dream brings ease to the child but strain to the mother. Carrying wood or brushwood suggests gossip, slander, and spreading false reports.
Category: Objects
(Chest, Coffer) In a dream, a case may symbolize a wife, an attractive woman, one’s household, or shop. It can also indicate marriage for someone unmarried or wealth for someone needy. A suitcase points to travel or may signify a messenger acting on another’s behalf.
Category: Objects
(Barrel, Hiding place) In a dream, a cask signifies hypocrisy or the act of concealing wrongful deeds.
Category: Action
Drawing lots or placing wagers in a dream signifies hardships, censure, scolding, or overstatement. Victory in such a wager indicates prevailing over an adversary. Defeat against the opponent suggests the possibility of enduring prolonged confinement. (Also see Gambling)
Category: Objects
A castle in a dream embodies reliance upon truth as a means of defense, giving rise to the saying that truth serves as an impregnable stronghold. It can also denote its proprietors, military defenses, or symbolize sacred knowledge and the Qur'an. Furthermore, it may represent seeking Allah's shelter from the harms of the cursed Satan and his forces, including hostilities, absurd plots, and deceptions. The towers signify prominent figures or guides. The crenellations stand for the women. The entrances represent sentinels or keepers. The minarets denote advisors or officials. Hospices and resting places within symbolize the female inhabitants. For a faithful person, a castle might signify either confinement or the gardens of eternity. Beholding one and then turning away from it foretells elevation in station or preservation of purity. (Also see Citadel, Fortress)
Category: Action
When one plans to entrust a deposit or share a confidential matter with another, witnessing castration in a dream urges immediate abandonment of that plan or revocation of the agreement. Experiencing self-castration signifies refusal to bear witness to what is right. Discovering oneself in such a state, or voluntarily undergoing it, points to facing disgrace and yielding obedience to another's authority. Encountering an unfamiliar castrated individual of noble appearance who imparts wise counsel means meeting a heavenly messenger delivering joyful news or divine admonition. Recognizing the person indicates acquaintance with such a figure. Undergoing castration can also reflect heightened piety and vigilance in maintaining modesty. It further denotes withdrawal of kindnesses, separation from kin or offspring, or might reveal lack of refinement, preferring personal ease over others' welfare, thus signifying maliciousness or duplicity. (Also see Impotence)
Category: Animals
In dream interpretation, the appearance of a cat often symbolizes a ledger or book of records, representing one's portion or earnings from a business venture, an inheritance received, or the fruits of one's labor and professional efforts. Alternatively, a cat may signify the act of avoiding or rejecting responsibilities toward one's spouse, partner, or offspring. On a more negative note, a cat in a dream can embody conflicts, arguments, theft, infidelity, betrayal, disloyalty, spying on others, gossiping, slandering, or even conceiving a child through an illicit affair—resulting in an illegitimate offspring. Conversely, it might represent an individual who speaks softly and persuasively, a flattering sycophant, or a person who craves acceptance and approval from those around them; yet, given the right opportunity, such a person may disrupt harmony and sow discord among others. A cat can also depict a superficial or self-absorbed woman who prioritizes her own vanity and desires. If, in the dream, a cat takes or steals an item belonging to its owner, this foretells potential consequences such as incurring a penalty or fine, engaging in disputes with family members, relatives, or children, or experiencing a theft or burglary. A wildcat, in particular, portends hardships, strenuous struggles, extreme difficulties, and a miserable or impoverished existence. The act of selling a cat within a dream suggests the gradual depletion or unwise expenditure of one's wealth and resources. Being scratched by a cat indicates forthcoming betrayal at the hands of a trusted servant, employee, or close aide. A cat's bite carries ominous meanings: it may signal involvement with a deceitful charlatan, a manipulative or dishonest woman, or perhaps a prolonged sickness or affliction that persists for an entire year. (Also see Tomcat)
Category: Water
In dream symbolism, the waterfall—particularly when it manifests as a cataract obscuring or clouding one's vision—signifies a profound personal revelation or realization that one is afflicted with this condition. Such a dream portends impending emotional turmoil, including deep sorrow, overwhelming sadness, melancholy, grief, and a pervasive sense of dismay or apprehension. This imagery may reflect inner distress, foreshadowing periods of heartache, despondency, or emotional heaviness that weigh upon the dreamer's spirit. It serves as a warning of potential hardships that could lead to feelings of hopelessness, mourning, or profound disappointment, urging introspection into sources of unhappiness or unresolved pain in waking life. Alternatively, envisioning oneself developing or suffering from cataracts highlights vulnerabilities in perception—both literal and metaphorical—suggesting clouded judgment, obscured truths, or difficulties in seeing situations clearly, which in turn amplify sentiments of sorrow and unease.
Category: Types of People
A caterer in a dream signifies festivities or a marriage event. A professional caterer implies a person who gains worldly benefits, while a pastry vendor denotes a learned man or profitable outcomes. A travel caterer points to relocating or a shift in one’s circumstances. For someone seeking marriage, encountering a caterer is favorable, though seeing a hospital caterer carries less hopeful meaning. A caterer may also symbolize one who urges people toward honest work. Preparing food for guests in one’s own home suggests an upcoming wedding.
Category: Animals
(Saturn, Silkworm) In a dream, a caterpillar represents a sly thief who disguises himself as a devout person, quietly taking people’s wealth or persuading them into harmful ventures. His pleasant appearance keeps suspicion away. (Also see Butterfly)
Category: Types of People
In dream interpretation, the figure of a cattle dealer carries multifaceted symbolism. He often represents an individual who actively seeks out and prefers the company of affluent or prosperous people, gravitating toward those of wealth and high social standing for personal gain, networking, or admiration. Alternatively, this dream character may embody a person of prominence and authority within a group or society—such as a leader, chief, elder, or the respected head of a community, tribe, village, or organization—who guides, influences, or oversees the affairs of others. On another level, the cattle dealer can symbolize someone engaged in pursuits that require patience, strategy, and skill in capturing or procuring resources, much like a hunter who tracks and seizes prey in the wild, or a fisherman who casts nets or lines to harvest from rivers, lakes, or seas. These roles highlight themes of provision, risk-taking, resourcefulness, and the ability to secure sustenance or rewards through diligent effort and opportunism. Overall, encountering a cattle dealer in a dream may reflect aspirations for social elevation, leadership responsibilities, or the drive to pursue and attain valuable opportunities in waking life.
Category: Plants
A cauliflower in a dream points to a neat, devoted person who offers help quietly, brings benefit, and has sharp insight. Holding a cauliflower in one’s hand suggests pursuing a debt that can only be retrieved through firmness and determined effort.
Category: Action
(Brand, Burn, Castigate, Punishment, Seal, Scar) Cauterization in a dream signifies authority or sharp, wounding speech. Having the forehead or sides burned suggests obstructing charity or withholding required alms, or it may reflect a government crackdown on tax evasion, or separation between loved ones. Being cauterized with gold or silver points to miserliness or delaying rights owed to the poor. Being seared with iron indicates punishment for misdeeds. Finding old cauterization marks hints at uncovering hidden wealth. Cauterizing another also symbolizes speaking to them harshly. A rounded seal-shaped mark suggests submission to legal judgment. Cauterizing a vein or knee may signal the birth of a daughter, marriage, or slandering a stranger. A burn upon the chest implies leadership, while a cauterized back denotes stinginess or neglecting divine obligations. (Also see Back, Seal)
Category: Earth
In dream symbolism, the combined imagery of a cavern (or cave) and a woman carries profound and layered meanings. Entering a cave during a dream often signifies arriving at a place of profound safety, security, and unwavering faith or reliance upon God Almighty. It may also indicate deliverance or salvation from an adversary, threat, or perilous situation, offering refuge and protection from harm. A cave itself embodies multiple archetypes: it can represent a woman—particularly in her nurturing, mysterious, or enveloping aspects—along with emotions such as jealousy, envy, evasion, avoidance of confrontation, or skillful dodging of difficulties. Positively, it may foretell good fortune, harmonious relations, and loyal support among one's friends or social circle. More broadly, a cave symbolizes essential sources of shelter and guardianship in life, including one's mother (as the primordial protector), father (as the stabilizing force), teacher or mentor, spiritual guide (such as an Imam), spouse or life partner, professional livelihood, business endeavors, or trade. It serves as a metaphor for concealment, veiling, or safeguarding personal secrets and private matters from exposure. For someone actively seeking employment or career advancement, dreaming of a cave holds promising connotations: it may herald the discovery of a suitable job opportunity, gaining employment under influential or authoritative figures, the resolution of ongoing troubles and anxieties, or the successful overcoming of obstacles. Additionally, this dream imagery can portend recovery from a prolonged illness, liberation from confinement (such as release from prison or restrictive circumstances), or the blessing of a long, enduring life filled with vitality and longevity. Overall, the cavern intertwined with feminine symbolism invites reflection on themes of protection, introspection, hidden strengths, and emerging from darkness into resolution or renewal.
Category: Action
(Earthquake) In a dream, a cave-in heralds threats from a ruler. Should the ground collapse beneath the dreamer, it signals harsh punishment. An earthquake may represent severe illness, plague, locusts, intense cold, or drought striking a community. If a wrongdoer sees the earth swallow him, it signifies retribution for his sins or a long, perilous journey from which he may not return.
Category: Objects
A ceiling in a dream stands for an honored or influential person. If it is wooden, it symbolizes someone deceitful or unreliable. If it appears ready to collapse over one’s head, it reflects fear of a powerful figure. Should dust or debris fall onto one’s clothing, it indicates receiving money as compensation after hardship. If the main pillar supporting the ceiling breaks or falls, it signals the death of the head of that household. A collapsing ceiling likewise points to his death. Hiding beneath a roof suggests returning home to steal from one’s own family. Water dripping from a ceiling signifies mourning for the deceased or sorrow over an ill family member. If rain causes the ceiling to disintegrate, it means financial loss or falling from favor. Standing on a roof and being unable to descend points to imprisonment. The ceiling’s central beam represents a hypocrite who backs corrupt associates; if it breaks, such a person will be removed from authority. If the ceiling falls upon someone, punishment or suffering will strike him. Seeing stars beneath one’s roof warns that the ceiling may soon cave in. (Also see Cave-in)
Category: Plants
In a dream, celery signifies wealth gained through someone in power, praise from a superior, ingratitude toward one’s Lord, revealing confidential matters, or displaying pretentious behavior.
Category: Celestial Bodies
(Heavens, Firmaments, Constellations) Finding oneself in the first heavenly sphere during a dream signifies keeping company with an oppressive ruler, a deceiver, or becoming close to a postman. The second heavenly sphere denotes the scribes serving a sovereign. The third heavenly sphere points to wedding a lady of distinguished ancestry. The fourth heavenly sphere indicates authority, wealth, and respect. The fifth heavenly sphere signifies union with a woman of exceptional beauty. Journeying along its path accompanied by its stars in that realm in a dream foretells encountering a leader, a brave fighter, a devout person, or an exemplary individual. The sixth heavenly sphere stands for wisdom, divine favors, and firmness in faith. The seventh heavenly sphere reflects the close advisors of a monarch. The eighth heavenly sphere symbolizes the court of a mighty sovereign. The ninth heavenly sphere represents association with a highly honored figure. Beholding the tenth heavenly sphere or the universal encompassing sphere in a dream means coming face to face with the most powerful ruler. Circling a heavenly sphere or a constellation, or merely observing them in a dream, signifies elevation in rank and dignity, fulfillment of ambitions, or growth in influence. Seeing the all-encompassing sphere in a dream indicates that one will encounter the Lord of all creation, the Sovereign of the worlds, and that God Almighty will grant intimate friendship to the foremost ruler on earth. If someone dreams of altering the arrangement of stars, constellations, or galaxies, it denotes wrongdoing or attempting to conceal what is true. For a woman to see herself beneath the tenth heavenly sphere in a dream means she will wed a person from the governing elite. (Also see Constellations, Dog, Moon, Skies, Star)
Category: Earth
(Graveyard, Burial ground, Grave) Beholding a graveyard or cemetery in a dream brings solace and reassurance to someone in fear, while it causes unease to one who is at ease and carefree. A graveyard embodies fear, hope, and returning to proper guidance after neglect. It symbolizes the afterlife, as it serves as the path leading to it. A cemetery in a dream likewise stands for the confinement of the physical body, yet it can also denote isolation, worship, restraint, renunciation of worldly desires, or earnest warning. It may further represent a drunken idler sprawled in a tavern, a person stretched out in a place of immorality, the dwelling of someone careless who prefers sleep over prayer, or a pretender whose actions yield no eternal reward, and similar figures. Should a person suffering from illness join a funeral procession in a dream, it foretells that his sickness will end in death. If he is healthy and during that procession sheds tears or offers prayers for the departed soul, it indicates repentance from wrongdoing, participation in circles of religious learning, and dedication to serving scholars. Such an individual might reach an exalted spiritual rank and gain insight from what he witnesses and hears. If one walks in a funeral train while showing disregard through laughter and jesting instead of reverence and reflection, it signifies forming ties with wrongdoers and adopting their corrupt ways as acceptable. Seeing oneself visiting a graveyard seeking solitude, spiritual awareness, and self-control, and pondering words of truth, wisdom, and remorse in the dream, means being called upon to arbitrate between parties and delivering a fair judgment. Failing to reflect in this manner suggests forgetting something vital or cherished. Entering a graveyard while reciting the call to prayer in a dream means exhorting others, enjoining righteousness, and prohibiting wrongdoing. Walking amid the scattered bones of the deceased in a graveyard during a dream portends one's own death and burial in that place. A cemetery in a dream additionally signifies reminder, recitation of the Qur'an, weeping, recollection, devotion, acceptance of fate, and abandonment of material attachments. It may also denote learned individuals, renunciants, rulers, commanders, military encampments, or places of vice. The tombs of righteous saints or sacred shrines in a dream indicate novelty in religion, indifference, indulgence, immorality, depravity, and apprehension. A stone mausoleum or sarcophagus in a dream points to financial gain, captives of war, spoils, or revealing hidden matters. (Also see Burial, Grave, Shrine)
Category: Feelings
(Blame, Calumniation, Rebuke, Reprimand, Reproof) If one is censured by a prophet, saint, righteous person, or close companion in a dream, it indicates turning away from sin and avoiding paths of temptation. Such censure can also reflect affection and sincere concern. If one reproaches himself, it shows remorse for a misdeed and acknowledging personal fault. (Also see Blame)
Category: Objects
(Money, Penny) Seeing a penny in a dream can signify disputes, deception, vanity, or arrogance. Swallowing a larger coin and passing it as a penny suggests one is a heretic or atheist. Pennies may also represent conflict, vile speech, and harmful behavior. If God’s name appears engraved on it, it implies exploiting the sacred to justify wrongdoing. A single cent can further indicate cheating, hardship, quarrels, boredom, atheism, sadness, strained finances, low earnings, overcoming poverty, labor, wages, bankruptcy, or slander spreading among scholars. (Also see Money, Penny)
Category: Objects
(Complications, Longevity, Marriage, Richness, Sin) A chain in a dream symbolizes an elderly or wealthy woman whose income is lawful. Holding a chain or wearing it around the neck can indicate threats, sinful actions, or disobedience. A chain around the neck may also point to marrying a woman of questionable character. Chains can further denote entanglements, and being chained signifies grief or distress. (Also see Bond)
Category: Objects
(Seat) A chair in a dream symbolizes authority, status, or a woman. A chair made of cast iron signifies strength and dominance. A wooden one indicates something similar but lesser, along with insincerity. Taking a seat on a chair in a dream signifies assuming the role of trustee, representative, lawyer, or agent. For someone eligible to lead or manage affairs, sitting on a chair foretells receiving such a position. A traveler dreaming of sitting on a chair predicts returning home, rejoining family, and achieving desired aims. For those in power, a chair denotes an official post, advancement, recognition, wedlock, offspring, acquiring valuable possessions, a new conveyance, or fine clothing. Discovering a chair and settling into it in a dream means acquiring influence or wedding a lady whose dignity and refinement match the chair's qualities. When a wife is expecting, seeing oneself seated on a chair indicates she will deliver a boy. Sitting on a chair while dressed in majestic attire in a dream means ascending to a place of learning, respect, and esteem, with prompt rewards following. A chair breaking in a dream might signal the dreamer's death, his spouse's passing, their parting, or loss of control in household or professional matters. A chair also represents joy and elevation for its occupant, or it may denote spiritual triumph, divine pardon in the afterlife, and admission to paradise. For a pregnant woman, sitting on a chair symbolizes her childbirth and delivery time. Wearing a crown in such a vision means bearing a son. Beholding the Divine Throne of God Almighty in its flawless state, positioned in the uppermost heaven beyond any human conception or imagery in a dream, signifies gaining profound insight, understanding, and advancement in rank. A chair further indicates giving birth, journeys, means of transport, purchasing a residence, or starting a virtuous habit that others will imitate. For someone ill, a chair represents the bed of final illness. (Also see Saddle, Seat, Throne)
Category: Objects
In a dream, a chamber denotes protection, peace, matrimony, a new child, or the mistress of the home. Viewing a chamber from afar brings delight, contentment, and gladness. Being within a chamber divided into two or three sections also signifies safety. Suddenly feeling frightened upon entering a room belonging to an unknown person in a dream indicates protection, tranquility, and the transformation of worries. For the ill, it means entering paradise or regaining health, ascending in status, attaining high standing in society, or leading others through wisdom, expertise, guidance, or spiritual excellence. A needy individual seeing himself in a fresh chamber foretells fulfillment and prosperity. For a wealthy person, the same vision predicts financial or professional decline. A person in poverty dreaming of an aged chamber suggests deepening hardship, whereas for the affluent, it signals growing riches. Constructing a chamber on an upper level in a dream means taking another spouse. (Also see Bedroom)
Category: Objects
In a dream, a chandelier signifies a person known for strength, steadiness, and firm resolve. If it falls, it can indicate a death or a noticeable decline in prices during that year.
Category: Types of People
(Tallow-chandler, Wax-chandler) In a dream, a chandler symbolizes celebration, delight, and good fortune, but may also represent death, sickness, guidance, learning, desire, or crying out for one’s needs. (Also see Candlestick)
Category: Plants
(Swiss chard) In a dream, chard signifies blessings and profit. Eating it raw suggests ongoing debt or involvement in distasteful or forbidden acts, including illicit sexual behavior with one’s spouse or homosexual acts. Chard in a dream may also point to slander.
Category: Feelings
Giving charity in a dream signifies warding off misfortunes, healing from sickness, gaining earnings, or upholding honesty. The same holds when one acquires wealth through rightful means, but offering a deceased animal, intoxicating drink, or funds obtained wrongly or mishandled as charity renders it invalid, leading the giver to follow wrongdoing and fall into transgression. A farmer facing poor yields who dreams of donating part of his seeds foretells abundant harvests and blessed produce. Donating charity to a wealthy individual in a dream may indicate facing financial hardship oneself or becoming dependent on that person. Giving charitable gifts to a woman of ill repute in a dream means she will turn away from her wrongful ways. Offering charity to a robber signifies that he will abandon his criminal activities. Charity in a dream can also represent overcoming the resentment of adversaries, countering an opponent's envy, curbing his aversions, or restraining wickedness overall. An individual filled with rage who dreams of quietly giving charity indicates that God Almighty has pardoned his fault of wrath. Distributing charity discreetly in a dream may further signify pursuing the companionship of influential figures or associating with scholarly circles. When a learned person is requested to contribute funds for charity and agrees in a dream, it means he will share his understanding with others. For a trader, it foretells aiding people through his commerce or instructing them in his profession. As a skilled worker, he will pass on his expertise. For someone facing difficulties or fearing certain matters, dreaming of providing food to a needy person enduring hardships means that worries and anxieties will vanish. Charity in a dream likewise represents glorifying the Lord, commitment to faith, paying respects at graves, and performing righteous acts. Spending wealth for the sake of God in a dream ensures receiving funds in reality. (Also see Alms tax, Endowment, Good deeds, Loan)
Category: Human Body
In a dream, the cheeks symbolize a person's attractiveness and the revelation of his inner nature. Cheeks stand for love and tenderness. They signify dignity, fortune, advantages or disadvantages, well-being or ailment, and growth or decline. Whatever happens to them in a dream will manifest in the dreamer's life. The cheeks further represent one's neighbors. When they appear flushed and healthy in a dream, it indicates robust health and favorable outcomes. Pale or sallow cheeks suggest apprehension, shame, and diminished standing. Cheeks in a dream can also denote embarrassment and sorrow. Seeing thick black soot or grime on them in a dream calls for repentance from wrongdoing, as it foretells misfortune and dishonor. If the cheeks are fair and radiant, it means elevation in the eyes of God. (Also see Face)
Category: Food
Cheese in a dream denotes a marriage agreement for the single, a son for an expectant mother, or wealth and long life. For an enemy, encountering cheese in a dream points to timidity and scorn toward his foe. It is also interpreted as a time of degradation or hardship. Should a woman carrying a child see any dairy product derived from milk in her dream, it signals the imminent birth of her baby. Yogurt in a dream signifies blessed income, though part of it might involve unlawful gains from interest. Cheese additionally represents straightforward earnings. Soft cheese, however, carries a more positive meaning than firm cheese. Such gains refer to immediate monetary success. Firm cheese in a dream might indicate travel. Consuming bread accompanied by cheese foretells stinginess. Combining bread, cheese, and nuts in a dream warns of a sudden affliction. Dry cheese signifies financial gain for a traveler, whereas fresh green cheese means profit for someone settled in residence.
Category: Food
Cherries, with their vibrant red color and juicy nature, are frequently linked to vitality, passion for faith, and immediate joys. Ripe red cherries evoke feelings of delight and pleasure, pointing to upcoming happiness in personal relationships, family life, or spiritual contentment. They can indicate unexpected financial gains or opportunities that arrive effortlessly, much like "easy money" from lawful sources. In some interpretations, seeing cherries in season signifies health, wellness, and divine blessings, while out-of-season appearances might warn of temporary challenges before relief. Eating cherries may symbolize cleansing of the soul or recovery from ailments, both physical and emotional, reinforcing the theme of healing and renewal. Prunes, as preserved or dried plums, carry similar positive connotations but with an emphasis on enduring benefits and longevity. They represent sustained prosperity, wisdom through experience, and rewards that last over time—contrasting with fresher fruits that might symbolize fleeting pleasures. The drying process symbolizes transformation and resilience, linking to recovery from prolonged illnesses or overcoming hardships to emerge stronger. Interpretations often highlight easy-to-obtain benefits that bring lasting joy, such as inherited wealth, resolved disputes, or stable happiness in family life. Like cherries, prunes point to celebrations and communal joy, perhaps family reunions or achievements celebrated with loved ones. When these fruits appear together or interchangeably, the dream amplifies themes of balanced blessings: immediate delights paired with long-term security. Scholars emphasize that the dreamer's personal circumstances matter— a pious person may see this as spiritual elevation, while someone in need interprets it as material relief. Always, such positive visions are reminders a glad tiding from Allah, encouraging gratitude, charity, and continued righteousness to manifest these blessings in waking life.
Category: Plants
(Coriander) In a dream, chervil or coriander symbolizes a virtuous person who assists others in worldly matters and in their faith. Whether seen fresh or dried, it also represents money or financial gain.
Category: Objects
In Islamic dream interpretation, according to the great scholars of ta’bīr such as Ibn Sirin, Al-Nabulsi, Ibn Shaheen and Al-Dhahabi (may Allah have mercy on them all), seeing or playing the game of chess (in Arabic: shatranj الشطرنج) in a dream is one of the most profound and multi-layered symbols related to worldly struggles, politics, strategy, power, deception, and the affairs of nations and individuals. Chess in a dream almost always reflects mixing with all kinds of people from different levels of society, because the chessboard contains kings, queens, knights, soldiers and pawns moving together in one arena. Thus the dream indicates involvement in complex social, professional or political environments where alliances are formed and broken. The primary meaning of playing chess in a dream is engagement in cunning plans, strategies, and maneuvers that mirror real-life political, military or business conflicts. Every move one makes on the chessboard in the dream corresponds directly to steps and decisions that will be taken in the political or worldly arena. The dream therefore serves as both a reflection of current power struggles and a warning or guidance about future outcomes. Seeing a chessboard with no one playing it signifies a major crisis, a strike, dismissal of employees, suspension of work, or a period of tense calm before a storm in public affairs of state or a workplace. When people are seen actively playing chess in the dream, those players represent leaders, statesmen, commanders, high officials or influential figures who are currently plotting, negotiating or competing for power. Winning a chess game in the dream is an extremely glad tiding: it means the dreamer will be victorious in a real political, military, legal or business struggle. Victory on the board translates directly into victory in wakefulness, including gaining authority, wealth, booty, uncovering hidden matters, or overcoming dangerous opponents. Conversely, losing the game or being checkmated warns of defeat, humiliation, financial loss, exposure of secrets, or falling into a trap, or failure of one’s plans. (Also see Backgammon, Chessboard, Chessmen)
Category: Objects
In a dream, the bishop piece points to amusement, preoccupation, or a lingering illness. (Also see Chess, Chessboard, Chessmen)
Category: Objects
The knight is considered one of the most distinctive pieces on the chessboard because of its unique L-shaped movement, which allows it to “jump” over other pieces and reach unexpected places. This very characteristic is what gives it its symbolic depth in dreams. The core meanings of the chess knight are contracts, partnerships, and money matters, where the knight often represents a deal, covenant, treaty, or business agreement that is about to be concluded. It may indicate quick financial gain, profitable trade, or money that arrives through cleverness and strategy rather than straightforward effort. Because the knight moves in an unpredictable and indirect way, it can symbolize a clever person, a strategist, or even deception and trickery in dealings. If the dreamer feels uneasy about the knight in the dream, it may warn of being cheated or entering into a contract that contains hidden clauses. Just as the knight can suddenly change direction and “leap” to a distant square, its appearance may point to rapid developments in life, whether positive (a surprise opportunity) or negative (an unforeseen problem). In some interpretations, the horse piece is linked to swift movement from one place to another, so it can indicate short journeys, relocation for work, or migration in search of livelihood. In certain contexts, particularly when the knight is seen attacking, falling, or appearing in a dark or threatening manner, it may symbolize the approach of death for a person who is already gravely ill. This is because the knight’s leap can represent the soul suddenly “jumping” from the body. However, this meaning is not absolute and depends heavily on the overall feeling of the dream. A white knight is usually more positive: lawful money, honourable contracts, and success through intelligence and piety. A black knight tends toward caution: possible deceit, illicit gain, or dealings with dishonest people. Capturing or controlling the knight in the dream is an excellent sign; the dreamer will gain the upper hand in a negotiation or overcome a cunning opponent. Losing the knight or seeing it captured can indicate financial loss, a broken agreement, or falling victim to someone else’s schemes. If the dreamer is playing chess and the knight plays a decisive role, the dream often reflects real-life situations that require careful planning and foresight. The knight should not be interpreted in isolation. Seeing it alongside the full chessboard, other chessmen (especially the king or queen), or an actual game in progress adds further nuance: with the king it involves matters of authority, government contracts, or high-level negotiations; with pawns it indicates dealings with subordinates or small but numerous transactions; an empty chessboard with only the knight suggests a solitary but clever endeavour that will bring benefit. In summary, the chess knight in a dream is a powerful and multifaceted symbol in Islamic dream interpretation. It almost always points to movement in worldly affairs, whether through clever business deals, sudden financial opportunities, strategic planning, or warnings about deception and hidden motives. For the sick, it may carry a graver meaning related to the final “leap” of the soul. As with all dreams, the final interpretation depends on the dreamer’s personal circumstances, the emotions felt during the dream, and the other symbols that appear alongside it. (Also see Chess, Chessboard, Chessmen)
Category: Objects
The queen is the most powerful piece on the chessboard, capable of moving any distance vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Because of this immense freedom and strength, it has long ago became associated with persons of great influence, leadership, and elevated social or political standing. Thus, its appearance in a dream almost always points to matters of power, prestige, and honour. The primary meaning of the chess queen in a dream is the attainment or closeness to a noble, distinguished, or lofty rank. This may signify promotion to a high position, gaining favour with rulers, ministers, governors, or influential figures, or achieving leadership within one’s community, workplace, or family. For a man, it can represent a powerful and supportive wife of noble character, a high-ranking female relative, or a woman who brings him honour and protection. For a woman dreaming of the queen, it often indicates her own rise in dignity, respect, and authority among people, or marriage to a man of elevated status. A white queen is overwhelmingly positive: it denotes lawful authority, honourable elevation, lasting respect, and success accompanied by piety and justice. A black queen, while still indicating power and rank, carries a note of caution: the authority or influential woman may be harsh, domineering, or the rise in status may involve trials, envy, or dealings with oppressive figures. If the dreamer sees himself or herself possessing, moving, or controlling the queen with ease, it is a glad tidings of upcoming dominance, victory over rivals, and the fulfilment of ambitious goals. Capturing the opponent’s queen foretells overcoming a powerful adversary or inheriting the status of an influential person. Conversely, losing one’s own queen warns of downfall from a high position, loss of support from an important woman or patron, or humiliation after a period of honour. When the queen appears alongside the king, the dream usually concerns matters of state, government, or the highest levels of leadership. If both pieces are safe and strong, it indicates stability and prosperity under just authority. If the queen protects or saves the king, it may symbolise a wise woman (mother, wife, daughter, or female advisor) who will play a decisive role in preserving the dreamer’s honour or position. (Also see Chess, Chessboard, Chessmen)
Category: Objects
The chessboard, with its alternating black and white squares, is regarded as a perfect representation of the dunyā (this world) in all its affairs and trials. Just as the board raises certain pieces to prominence while lowering or capturing others, so does this world elevate some of its inhabitants to honour, wealth and authority one day, only to humiliate, impoverish or destroy them the next. The black and white squares themselves symbolise the perpetual alternation between ease and hardship, joy and sorrow, victory and defeat, truth and falsehood, day and night, life and death. If the dreamer sees himself standing upon the chessboard or moving pieces upon it, the dream indicates that he is deeply involved in the affairs of this world—pursuing ambitions, competing with others, and being tested by the constant fluctuations of fortune. If the board is beautiful, clean and well-lit, it may point to a life of relative balance and lawful striving, whereas a broken, dirty or tilted board warns of chaos, injustice, oppression or impending calamity in one’s personal or communal life. (Also see Chess, Chessmen)
Category: Objects
Seeing the castle (rook, or in Arabic: al-rukhّ الرخ or al-ṭābiya الطابية) – one of the chess pieces – in a dream carries predominantly difficult and heavy meanings, in contrast to many other chess pieces that are linked to power or strategy. The castle piece is strong, moves in straight lines, and is usually placed at the corners of the board, symbolising fortresses, towers, and immovable defence. Because of this, its appearance in a dream most often reflects situations of restriction, isolation, bitterness, and severe trial. (Also see Chess, Chessboard)
Category: Feelings
Experiencing chest pain in a dream points to a sin for which one faces consequences, or it may suggest wasteful spending, or giving generously in ways that do not earn divine approval, with the ache symbolizing the resulting reproof. (Also see Body, Chest, Pain)
Category: Human Body
(Bosom, Heart) A wide and pleasant-looking chest in a dream signals a sinner’s repentance, eagerness to embrace truth, or ease in accepting matters once difficult. If a woman sees her beloved within her chest, it reflects distress or complaint regarding him, or if she is ill, it foretells recovery. A broad chest can also denote prioritizing others’ needs. One’s chest may symbolize hidden knowledge, guidance, heedlessness, or wealth kept safe. It may also stand for a guest, spouse, rank, status, or generosity. A constricted chest denotes negligence, misguidance, financial loss, or miserliness. If one’s chest turns to stone, it signifies hardness of heart. Yet spaciousness of chest may also imply injustice. The chest represents one’s store of worries and concerns. Chest pain signals divine punishment for sin, wastefulness, or misplaced generosity, with the pain reflecting its consequence. If a man sees himself with a woman’s breasts, it suggests marriage, falling in love, or a concealed affair that may eventually become public. (Also see Body)
Category: Action
(Musing) Excessive chewing in a dream points to disgrace or disregard for earning one’s living through honest means. Swallowing food without chewing signals falling into debt or retrieving money owed. It can also indicate demanding repayment from others. (Also see Chewing gum, Chewing)
Category: Action
Chewing food for reasons other than eating in a dream points to illness or diminishing job prospects. Chewing gum signifies gaining money tainted by offensive speech, leading to quarrels and potential legal trouble, all rooted in greed. Anything chewed represents verbal exchanges, except sugar cane, which indicates praising someone or hearing pleasing words repeatedly. (Also see food, Chewing gum, Greed)
Category: Food
(Losing one's sense of taste, Mastication) Chewing gum in a dream suggests engaging in vile acts or committing indecencies associated with the people of Prophet Lot. It may also imply excessive talk, persistent arguing, involvement in a serious dispute, or prolonging an ongoing conflict, and can even indicate losing one’s sense of taste. (Also see Chewing food, Chewing)
Category: Food
(Garbanzo) In a dream, chickpeas symbolize income earned through persistent effort.
Category: Animals
(Bird, Fowl) A chicken in a dream symbolizes the woman of the household, while a rooster represents its male head. A chicken may also point to a woman who cares for orphans, gathers charity for them, or it can denote a fair-haired woman or a servant. Possessing a chicken suggests relief from worries or an omen of happiness. Catching one indicates lawful and easily gained profit. Slaughtering a chicken implies taking the virginity of a maidservant. If a chicken or female peacock nests in one’s home or garden, it foretells a trial mixed with some benefit. A house full of chickens signals wealth, leadership, or overcoming fear and attaining higher status. (Also see Peacock)
Category: Animals
(Baby, Chicken, Fowl) A chick in a dream stands for a child or a child who is lost. Their chirping reflects the voices of people who are overlooked or deprived. Eating chicken meat signifies receiving illicit or stolen money. Chicks also suggest something that grows quickly and yields results with little effort from the one tending to it.
Category: Types of People
Holding a child in one’s arms in a dream signifies burdens, cares, and hardships. A youthful adolescent in a dream brings joyful news or the easing of troubles. Seeing a handsome teenage boy entering a city, descending from heaven, or emerging from the earth foretells that the good tidings will soon materialize. A fully grown child symbolizes strength and dominance. Dreaming of oneself as a child studying at school indicates repentance for a repeated sin. If a well-known scholar is seen sitting in a nursery learning with young children, it means he will fall into ignorance, lose his standing, or face financial upheaval that alters his lifestyle. Receiving guidance as though one were a child points to inheriting wealth from one’s mother. Seeing oneself as a newborn baby foretells riches and success. For a young boy to see himself reverted to childhood carries an unfavorable meaning. A sick person appearing as a child predicts his death. Being scolded like a child signifies defeat. Looking into a mirror and seeing a child’s face while one’s wife is pregnant means she will bear a son resembling his father. Carrying an infant represents worry and heavy responsibility. A child in a dream also stands for a feeble foe who sometimes displays affection and at other times reveals hostility. If a man sees his wife giving birth to children playing around them, it indicates hardship or calamity whose outcome may be positive or negative. Carrying a child can likewise mean overseeing an inheritance or investment. An aged person wandering as a small child foretells acting foolishly, losing dignity, or compromising principles. Yet if that elderly person is afflicted with sorrow, poverty, or illness, the same vision promises relief, recovery, and forgiveness of sins as pure as the day he was born. A small child who refuses to approach his father signifies financial advancement and worldly pleasure. A little child crying in one’s lap indicates he plays a string instrument. Children in dreams may represent either grief and suffering or happiness and delight. If they are one’s own offspring, they symbolize worldly temptation. Children can also denote contentment with modest provision, financial gain, marriage, or thriving trade. Losing a child in a dream often means the opposite in waking life: joy, reunion, honor, and respect. At times it reflects a wish of the wife or children to part from the household. A young male child embodies anxiety, duties, toil, serving the ignorant, or dealing with frivolous people. A prisoner carrying a little girl foretells his release. Someone enduring difficulties who holds a small girl will see his troubles lifted; if he is needy, the girl heralds the success for which he strives.
Category: Action
When a man dreams that his wife, though not actually pregnant, delivers a son, it signifies incoming wealth. A pregnant woman who sees herself delivering a girl in a dream will actually bear a boy, and if she sees a boy, she will give birth to a girl. Bearing a girl foretells ease after hardship, whereas bearing a boy indicates worries and strain. A sick person dreaming that his mother is giving birth to him again means his death is near, because the dead are wrapped in a shroud just as a newborn is wrapped in its cloth. For a poor man this same vision promises improved finances; for a wealthy man it warns of tightened resources, since a child depends wholly on others and cannot move freely. A traveler seeing his wife give birth to another child predicts delays and alterations in his journey. A woman delivering a child from her mouth in a dream signifies her own death. When a man gives birth to a son in a dream, it points to sickness, deliverance from peril, or parting from a harmful spouse. Giving birth to a daughter promises relief, joy, or the appearance of an illustrious descendant who will rise to leadership. A woman giving birth to a cat means her child will grow into a thief. Childbirth in a dream generally represents deliverance from difficulties, recovery from sickness, or leaving one’s home or town. It also denotes comfort, rest, settlement of debts, and turning back to God in repentance. A woman bearing a son in a dream signals the end of her trials, good news, clearing of debts, or sincere repentance. Bearing a daughter brings dignity, abundance, and ease. A needy man giving birth foretells prosperity; a rich man foretells trouble; an unmarried man foretells imminent marriage in which his future wife will deliver the very child seen in the dream. In most cases, a man giving birth in a dream heralds either his own death, the death of a close relative, or severe poverty. For the destitute it means relief, for the trader loss of capital. (Also see Dragon)
Category: Human Body
In a vision, the chin symbolizes personal beauty, material abundance, a father who provides support, a son who assists, a helpful servant, or a distinguished and respected position reserved for the dreamer. Observing one's own chin may also signify the thorough completion of ritual purification (wudu). Alternatively, it can denote the stability and foundation of one's home. (Refer also to Jaws)
Category: Tools
(Deceive, Trick, Defraud) Within a dream, a chisel signifies employing an instrument or an ally to accomplish an objective. It may also represent a person compelled to journey against his will or due to unjust conditions. This tool can further denote an individual whose injuries linger because of his avarice, unfairness, and constant desire for more. Additionally, a chisel can symbolize one's helper, male member, or the mouth.
Category: Feelings
Dreaming of a persistent ailment indicates obstacles or the postponement of intended travels. It may also point to hardships in securing a livelihood from manual labor or physical work, representing general barriers to reaching one's aims.
Category: Objects
(Beryl, Gemstone, Peridot) If such a valuable stone is set upon one's ring in a dream, it signifies a position of leadership that blends bravery with dignity. Being given a ring adorned with this gem by one's son suggests the son has a commendable nature and virtuous traits. (See also Ring, Topaz)
Category: Objects
For a Christian dreamer, a church represents a place of devotion, faith, learning, piety, labor, renunciation, caution against sin, repentance, and sorrow—possibly involving tears. It may also signify hardship, affliction, false accusation, heretical ideas, oppression, a trade association, a gathering hall, games of chance, intoxicants, public drinking, community events, marriages, or a spouse. In a vision, a church can stand for its congregation, religious district, clergy, priest, or minister. Witnessing a church converted into a synagogue, or a synagogue into a church, suggests suspicion, a dispute, or a plan to avoid lawful dues. Finding oneself in a synagogue may indicate a conversion to Judaism. If one's home transforms into a church, it implies conducting business from the residence or a conflict with an employer. A church in a dream can also symbolize a graveyard, admission of sins, a woman of ill repute, a venue for music, or a place of detention. For a woman dreaming she is at a wedding or funeral service in a church, it could foretell widowhood in waking life. (See also Circumcise, Temple)
Category: Objects
(Butter-making skin) In a dream, a churn, butter skin, or vessel used to produce butter denotes a learned person or an ascetic who shares his wisdom with others but fails to apply it to his own conduct.
Category: Objects
(Band, Belt, Clerical rope) A priest's cincture in a vision symbolizes a son. A damaged or broken cincture signifies the son's death. For a Christian, wearing this belt is a mark of piety, self-denial, renunciation, and compliance. For a Muslim, donning a cincture represents strong belief, conviction, resolve, adherence to divine ordinances, benevolence, or resisting falsehood. It may also indicate unlawful sexual relations, promiscuity, or reaching middle age. Any positive or negative condition of the cincture in the dream will mirror the dreamer's real circumstances. Putting on a new cincture over one's robe means the birth of a son. Wearing it beneath the robe suggests deceit, disagreement, severe spiritual decay, and corrupt worldly ambitions. (See also Belt, Waistband)
Category: Action
(Walking around the Kaaba, Tawaf) Should a transgressor see himself performing the ritual walk around the Sacred House in Mecca within a dream, this signifies his deliverance from the torment of Hell. For an unmarried person, it foretells marriage. If someone is eligible for advancement, it indicates a promotion will be granted. Dreaming of undertaking the pilgrimage (Hajj) similarly denotes performing the circumambulation, cultivating virtuous conduct, leading an upright and honorable life, attaining security from dread, settling outstanding debts, returning goods or funds held in trust to their proper owners, proving reliable, embracing austerity, honoring a pledge, expiating misdeeds, dispensing charity, or interceding for a righteous and esteemed leader. Performing the circumambulation while mounted on a mare, however, warns of committing the grave sin of illicit relations with a close family member or a blood relative with whom marriage is forbidden. (See also Kaaba, Hajj rituals, Sa'i)
Category: Types of People
In a dream, this figure represents an individual who acts without shame regarding private matters, someone who pursues disgraceful topics or public indecencies, a person of overly curious nature, one who reveals women's confidential affairs, or an individual preoccupied with carnal desires.
Category: Action
Circumcision in a vision symbolizes purification, attaining cleanliness, casting off spiritual impurities, festive occasions, or joyful gatherings. If one dreams of being circumcised, it signifies he has performed a righteous deed accepted by Allah, and through His mercy, his sins are pardoned. Alternatively, it may denote undergoing a surgical procedure such as bloodletting or opening a vein. For a young unmarried woman, seeing herself circumcised indicates either marriage or the onset of her first menstrual cycle. The dream can also represent an operation to remove testicles, a prostate surgery, vindication from false claims and blame, or separation among spouses and children, such as offspring leaving the parental home. Discovering oneself already circumcised in a dream suggests abandoning one's faith for material profit and becoming an apostate.
Category: Objects
A water cistern in a dream stands for a purse, a strongbox, a chest, a treasury, a spouse, a child, or the keeping of hidden matters. When it contains water, it indicates stagnation in any of those areas. Filled with oil instead, it foretells abundance and success. The cistern belonging to a Sufi lodge, mosque, or religious gathering represents its spiritual guide, imam, caretaker, or guardian of the place. Seeing the household cistern placed in an improper spot or inside a bathhouse points to the presence of a jinn that follows the resident or haunts the dwelling. A well serving as the house cistern suggests that the family belongs to the middle ranks, or that their water is brackish and unfit to drink. A cistern brimming with ghee, honey, or milk announces that the wife is expecting, or it signifies general prosperity for the household. Should the family appear thirsty while the cistern holds something other than water, it means they owe the obligatory zakat yet have neglected it, or that they possess beneficial knowledge but fail to act upon it, or that the region suffers drought requiring expenditure in the way of God. A cistern may also symbolize a shield, a pocket, personal honour, divine favours, attainment of high standing, or the removal of hardships – but only for those who actually use such vessels for storing or distributing water; for them it further denotes tranquility and safety from all harm. (See Urn)
Category: Objects
(Fortress, Stronghold, Castle) A worthy person who dreams of being inside a splendid citadel will soon be raised to leadership, marry, father a child, acquire property, follow the way of the righteous, or turn to God in repentance. Simply finding oneself within a citadel or fortress foretells ascetic withdrawal from worldly affairs of this world together with increased devotion, firm belief, and avoidance of sin – the reward corresponding to the particular section of the structure in which he stands. Wandering alone in the barren land outside its walls warns that he will be overcome by an adversary. Constructing a citadel or fortress in a dream means safeguarding oneself from enemies, preserving purity, wealth, and person against calamity and disgrace. Demolishing one produces the opposite effect. Standing upon the ramparts signifies receiving timely aid from a brother, a son, or a superior that will preserve one’s life. (Also see Castle, Fortress)
Category: Plants
(Sour fruit, Acidic citrus, Sorrel) In a dream, a citron signifies recovery from sickness. It may also denote insincerity or putting on a false display. (See also Citrus medica)
Category: Plants
(Citron, Bigarade orange) Witnessing any form of the citrus medica plant in a dream represents fighting against disease, anxiety, hardship, or it may symbolize a woman who is attractive yet of little value.
Category: Other
(Town, Urban center, Village) Entering a city in a vision signifies the calming of one's anxieties. Imam Ibn Seerin considered it more favorable to dream of entering a city than leaving it. A city can also symbolize a knowledgeable individual, a sage, or an erudite scholar. Should one enter a city and find it in a state of ruin, it indicates that its learned inhabitants have departed or perished. Some say that witnessing a city foretells the demise of its ruler or the rise of a tyrannical leader from that locale. Observing a city under construction denotes an increase in its wise populace and foretells children who will uphold their forefathers' traditions. A city without a governor points to escalating costs. An unfamiliar city represents the afterlife, while a recognized one symbolizes the temporal world. Finding oneself in an unknown city is also a mark of piety. The most auspicious cities in dreams are the vast ones. One's birthplace signifies his father, and his homeland represents his mother. Being in a northern city suggests an increase in wealth; being in a southern city implies a growth in cunning and deceit. Dreaming of a lowland indicates hardship and distress, whereas a highland signifies integrity and honesty. Being in Egypt denotes a long and easy life. Being in farmland suggests adopting novel practices. Being in a fertile garden heralds a year of abundance. Being in Jerusalem or at Mount Sinai's base also signals prosperity. Being in Bethlehem indicates heightened religious commitment. Being in Damascus signifies divine favor, affluence, and riches, though it could alternatively signify moral decay. A frigid city portends trials. A coastal city suggests gaining public approval. Standing on sulfurous or saline ground warns of illness. A large, populous city promises wealth and success. Entering a city can also mean reconciling people. Wandering through an unfamiliar district foretells financial loss. Entering an ancient, restored city suggests a righteous and influential person will be born there to guide its people rightly. A city can also represent a vow, reuniting with loved ones, peace, serenity, and security. Meeting devout people means achieving objectives and receiving good news. Seeing Sodom and Gomorrah signifies calamity, seismic events, terror, and depravity. Seeing a city may also symbolize turning away from sin. A province represents its leader or notable scholars. Governing a city means attaining a fitting rank, marrying, recovering from sickness, repenting, or receiving guidance from a wise teacher. Seeing a deceased person walking alive in a city suggests he enjoys Paradise's blessings. Seeing a deceased person in a village suggests he may be suffering in Hell. A city also reflects the diversions it offers its inhabitants. The name of the city seen may relate to the dream's interpretation. (See Introduction). A city's primary trade also influences the dream's meaning. Recognized world cities symbolize their current rulers. Entering a known city indicates one will not die before visiting it again, or that news will arrive from there. City walls denote a powerful leader. A collapsed wall signifies the ruler's death or removal. A thriving city with buildings, industries, and fields reflects the spiritual consciousness and piety of its people. (See also Village)
Category: Animals
(Castoreum, Musk-like secretion) In a dream, civet symbolizes respectable earnings or prized assets, lush gardens, an institution where one gains knowledge and advantage, a lucrative enterprise, or a profitable trade in hides. If one heats civet over a fire in the vision, it indicates he is concocting scents from amber, musk, or fragrant aloeswood derived from aromatic trees.
Category: Feelings
(Uproar, Din, Commotion) In a dream, it denotes observing civil unrest, mass protest, or taking part in a religious celebration or a major public gathering that will draw widespread attention from every segment of society. (See also Shout)
Category: Action
In a dream, the act of clapping hands signifies idolatrous practices or pre‑Islamic customs. Hearing oneself clap, or actively clapping one's hands, may forewarn of sickness or depict an empty dwelling or a deserted settlement.
Category: Human Body
(Talons, Nails) In a dream, a claw denotes triumph over an adversary, as it serves as a weapon, a means of defense, and an essential instrument for a bird.
Category: Earth
(Mud, Mortar, Earth) In a dream, clay generally signifies illness, dishonor, or humiliation. However, for someone who works with clay or constructs with it, seeing clay denotes advantages, spiritual awakening, and the strengthening of faith and conviction. Dry clay points to a reduction in income or living frugally. Plastering the walls of one's house with wet clay suggests the dreamer is a virtuous individual. Consuming clay in a vision indicates deceitful acquisition of wealth. Clay used for building represents profit and money. Clay can also symbolize death. Walking in mud or wet clay, especially if working with it, may foretell sickness or shame. Dry clay symbolizes money, while wet clay signifies righteousness. Eating baked clay denotes gossiping, falsehood, or defamation. For an ill person, seeing clay can mean their demise. (See also Bricks)
Category: Types of People
In a dream, a floor cleaner represents a person who inquires into others' affairs and enjoys assisting them. Cleaning across farmland means seeking the companionship of the pious. Cleaning through a vineyard indicates investigating a woman's circumstances. Cleaning a tree suggests looking into the lives of religious individuals. Sweeping a street signifies traveling a distance equal to the length of that street. Cleaning the road to Mecca foretells performing the pilgrimage (Hajj). Cleaning a grassy field whose owner is unknown signifies adopting an ascetic life. Cleaning the floors of someone's house means discovering how that person is faring. (See also Sweeping the floor, Washer, Washing)
Category: Tools
(Butcher's knife) In a dream, a cleaver symbolizes a powerful and brave man who clearly discerns between truth and falsehood, and between simple and hard paths. To his enemies, however, if anyone dares confront him, he possesses the strength to scatter them across the land.
Category: Action
Ascending a mountain, relishing its greenery, and drinking from its pure, sweet water in a dream signifies protecting one's modesty and integrity in the company of one's spouse. (See also Khimar, Veil)
Category: Objects
In a dream, a cloak signifies marriage or a wife who bears children. If its exterior is cotton, it reflects the dreamer's sound spiritual state. Generally, a cloak denotes a long life, material success for its wearer, and defense against hardship—whether the chill of winter (poverty), the heat of summer, burdens caused by one's spouse, spiritual condition, religious observance, or it may represent illness, confinement, distress from a woman, or the strain of conflict. If a wife sees herself wearing a cloak lined with dark sable fur, it indicates she will take a lover of corrupt character. (See also Coat)
Category: Objects
(Timepiece, Watch) A clock in a dream symbolizes wealth equivalent to the time displayed when seen. An alarm clock signifies revealing wrongdoings, a poor person becoming rich, and keeping a pledge.
Category: Action
(Shut) For an unmarried man, shutting a door means he will wed a virtuous woman. For a married man, it suggests he may separate from his wife. Locking a door can also indicate marriage, whereas unlocking a lock carries unfavorable implications. Finding one's door locked implies prioritizing worldly desires over religious duties. Trying and failing to lock one's house door means abandoning a difficult resolution or ceasing to chase what is unattainable.
Category: Objects
(Safe, Cupboard) In a dream, a closet represents one's wife, a refuge, security, or a covering. Seeing it destroyed may portend the wife's death. A closet also denotes a servant, safeguarding secrets, privacy, marital intimacy, preserving the honor of modest women, fine clothing, or the cycle of day and night. Placing an item inside a closet means it will be found there when required.
Category: Objects
(Fabric, Textile) Weaving cloth or hanging it outdoors in a dream signifies embarking on a lengthy journey. (See also Wrapping)
Category: Objects
A person’s garments in a dream reflect his hidden thoughts and intentions, which will sooner or later become visible in his conduct and character. Pure thoughts appear as pure attire; corrupt thoughts manifest as corrupt attire. Wearing a slipper on the head and a turban on the foot foretells calamity and confusion. Each kind of garment, according to its name and nature, can symbolize either a man or a woman. A new garment in a dream is far better than an old, worn one. A man dressed in women’s clothing signifies that he remains unmarried; a woman in men’s clothing means she is still single. A tightly fastened shirt points to hardship, the return of an absent traveler, or marriage for the unmarried. Fine, dignified clothing denotes respect and high standing. A soldier’s uniform indicates war; a scholar’s robe means pursuit of knowledge; an ascetic’s coarse woollen cloak signifies renunciation of the world; a salesman’s suit means toil and seeking employment. White garments represent pride and honour. Silk signifies power and elevation in commerce or government. A deceased person seen in silken attire dwells in paradise. Gold-embroidered clothing announces triumph over enemies. Black clothing symbolizes authority, sovereignty, and mastery over others. Green clothing indicates martyrdom. Cotton clothing means following the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Woollen clothing brings clarity and insight, unless it is rough and unsuitable, in which case it means poverty and disgrace. Linen clothing signifies divine favour and blessing. Brocaded cloth heralds an important message, rise in rank, wealth, or the joy of children. A robe dragging on the ground warns of rebellion and disobedience; a coat of moderate length promises purity and moral excellence. Any garment reflects the qualities of the people who normally wear it, or captivity in war. Wearing a prayer cap or traditional head-covering means expiation of sins. A long flowing cloak or jubbah foretells long life. An open casual jacket signifies ease and financial gain. Special festive attire means prosperity stored for one’s offspring or fresh merchandise for one’s business. A military uniform predicts distress or scholarly controversy. Wearing one’s own cultural dress or that of another people means forging friendship with them and joining their celebrations gladly. (Also see Filth, Linen, Used clothing)
Category: Other
(Tornado, Disaster, Destruction) Beholding a violent whirlwind or a dark cloud of ruin sweeping through in a dream signals divine retribution for disobeying the commands of God Almighty. At the same time, a tornado appearing in a dream may foretell wealth, a spouse, or a faithful servant.
Category: Fire
(Fight, Adversities, Pollution) Seeing thick smoke hanging heavily over a town in a dream announces a calamity sent by God Most High or severe chastisement from a ruler. Smoke rising from one’s own house, however, warns of slander against the dreamer or a grave affliction, injury, or fever stemming from his occupation, followed by recovery and restoration of control. Smoke issuing from a fire or ascending from beneath a cooking vessel signifies gladness after sorrow and abundance after want. Odourless smoke points to an outrage or unpleasant event that will later be exposed and bring disgrace. Standing beneath a canopy of smoke foretells a burning fever. Feeling the scorching heat of smoke means hardships and anguish. Clouds of smoke gathering over hills predict widespread alarm among the inhabitants of that region. Smoke without fire indicates the presence of troops though no battle occurs, yet the resulting fear will affect all. When the smoke injures people or impairs their sight in the dream, it denotes tyranny, gloom, troubles, torment, and penalty from God for collective wrongdoing. Smoke in a dream also carries tidings from the direction whence it appears. (Also see Smoke, Sparks)
Category: Celestial Bodies
(Vapor, Sky, Rain, Life, Concealment) In a dream, clouds symbolize the path of existence, bringing nourishing rain, water for cleansing, irrigation for crops, and provision. They also represent knowledge, comprehension, insight, and illumination, reflecting divine benevolence. Clouds can denote an army or companions who carry water—water itself symbolizing life and the primal element from which all things are formed. Alternatively, clouds may signify ships, aircraft, or, if dark, bearing stones or thunder, a ruler’s oppressive nature who withholds his people’s rights or imposes harsh decrees. Seeing a cloud inside one’s home or descending into one’s room means joining the company of the faithful, receiving a reward, being granted wisdom, or, for one hoping for a child, his wife conceiving. For a merchant, it indicates his goods reaching their port. Riding upon a cloud signifies elevation, wedding a devout woman, performing the pilgrimage if desired, or gaining renown for knowledge and wisdom. If qualified, it may mean commanding troops, rising in station, or serving as an envoy or ambassador. If people await rain for their fields and one sees clear, rain-laden clouds approaching, it warns of a disaster. Clouds bearing toxic, acidic, or polluted rain, driven by fierce winds, or carrying fire, dust, ashes, or volcanic rocks foretell a calamity befalling that region or news of travelers perishing on a journey. Clouds can also symbolize novel ideologies or fabricated religions spreading across the land. Merging with clouds means associating with a person of authority, a sage, or a scholar. Eating clouds signifies gaining lawful income or wisdom from such a person. Gathering clouds means acquiring wisdom from a companion. Mingling with clouds without deriving benefit means keeping company with the learned but absorbing or applying nothing. Riding atop clouds suggests achieving fame for one’s insight and knowledge. If one’s son becomes a cloud, it means he earns his living by imparting wisdom or religious instruction. Dark clouds denote wisdom, patience, honesty, and gladness; if they appear threatening or frightening, they portend a rebuke from a wise figure. Building a dwelling upon a cloud reflects an honest life, lawful earnings, and a wise, upright character. Erecting a palace on a cloud indicates using wisdom to avoid sin and, through one’s actions, constructing a mansion in Paradise. Holding a cloud from which rain falls represents the wisdom one speaks. Transforming into a rain‑cloud signifies living in abundance and benefiting others with one’s wealth. Becoming a cloud that rains gold means learning wisdom from a great teacher. Clouds may also represent those in power who bestow favors without seeking return. Hearing a human voice call from behind a cloud suggests, God willing, one will perform the pilgrimage. (See Invisible caller). A dark cloud can symbolize a just judge; a white cloud, a blessed and noble justice. Seasonable clouds denote advantage, profit, and prosperity. Masses of dark, rainless clouds bring benefit, intense cold, grief, or sorrow. Red clouds signify distress, hardship, or illness. A cloud enveloping a town indicates blessings. For one planning a journey, dark clouds mean the trip will occur but safety is uncertain; for the sorrowful, they signal relief. White clouds point to labor, employment, or trade. Rising mist suggests embarking on or returning from a journey. Red clouds imply lack of work. A gloomy cloud means anxiety. Clouds that seem to welcome the dreamer bring good news; for a wrongdoer, they portend punishment for misdeeds. Clouds obscuring the sun suggest the ruler of that land is unwell. Wearing a shirt of clouds signifies the favors God has bestowed. Clouds also stand for virtues, miracles, grace, rain, love, and blessings—they often appear when a prophet or saint prays for rain or shelter from the sun. Lastly, clouds can indicate travel by sea or air.
Category: Animals
Seeing a cloven hoof (Arabic: ḥāfir مفروش or khuf مشقوق – the split hoof of animals such as goats, sheep, cows, deer, camels, etc.) in a dream is a symbol that carries predominantly heavy and warning connotations, although the exact meaning depends strongly on the context and the feelings experienced during the vision. The primary interpretations of a cloven hoof in a dream are: Toiling and extreme hardship: the split hoof is the part that bears the full weight of the animal while it walks over rough terrain, therefore it represents back-breaking labour, exhausting effort, constant struggle for livelihood, or carrying heavy burdens that leave the dreamer weary both physically and spiritually. Evil and the works of Shayṭān: animals with cloven hooves are sometimes linked to the accursed Shayṭān (who is described in some narrations as appearing with such hooves), so the symbol can indicate the presence of evil, temptation, enmity, black magic, or falling into sin and misguidanceSexual intercourse: because the hoof is part of the animal’s leg and legs in dreams frequently symbolise movement toward desire, many classical authorities state that seeing or especially touching a cloven hoof may represent illicit sexual relations, strong carnal desire, adultery, or lawful intercourse if the animal is permissible and the context is positive. If the dreamer is married and the hoof belongs to a clean, healthy animal, it can simply mean normal marital relations.
Category: Objects
(Cudgel, Baton) In a dream, a club signifies reprimanding or chastising someone. When used as a staff of authority, it denotes overpowering and demeaning another, possessing the advantage, or wielding the resources and influence to act for good or ill. (See also Knocker)
Category: Fire
(Charcoal, Fuel) Burning coal in a vision indicates prompt income or an immediate order for one’s goods. If the dreamer derives benefit from it, this suggests easy gains, receiving jewelry as a present, or engaging in work that involves coal. Observing burning coal also represents the pursuit of knowledge and insight. Coal can symbolize a wicked and perilous individual, illicit money, unlawful profits, or a stipend from a government figure. Burning coal may also depict someone enduring unjust hardship or having property wrongfully seized. Consumed or spent coal, like ashes, denotes falsehood. Having large lumps when small pieces are needed signifies anxiety, distress, and troubles; having fine powder when chunks are required to light a fire indicates dwindling wealth. Seeing coal or charcoal can also point to heightened or renewed sexual appetite. Witnessing coal in winter means financial gain. Fuel for a fire signifies corruption. (See also Ashes)
Category: Feelings
(Rough clothing, Harsh food, Severe speech) If a wealthy person dreams of wearing rough garments, eating crude food, or uttering harsh words, it foretells drastic changes in his life that may consume much of his resources. Should he feel at ease or even prefer these changes over his usual comforts, it reflects humility, satisfaction, thankfulness, and sound judgment. If he is disturbed by them, it warns of divine displeasure. Exchanging coarse words in a dream signals growing estrangement between people who once cared for each other.
Category: Objects
(Armor, Shield) In a dream, a coat of mail symbolizes defense against an adversary. Crafting one signifies building a fortress. Wearing one denotes attaining leadership. For a merchant, wearing it means his trade expands, fully shielded from loss. If understood as a friend, it represents a loyal ally who assists when needed. It can also signify a strong, self‑sufficient son who aids his father. Donning such armor is a blessing and a favor from a third party who will consistently support and defend the dreamer. It offers protection for one’s spouse, possessions, and affairs. For a woman, wearing it means having a husband and security, or it may indicate a supportive brother, a caring son, wealth, garments, or powerful backers. Wearing a full suit of mail can also mean fathering a robust son or undertaking a journey.
Category: Objects
(Cloak, Overcoat, Garment) Wearing a new coat in a dream brings honor and esteem. A worn or thin coat indicates negligence in religious duties. A winter coat represents a poor yet arrogant and boastful individual. A coat can also symbolize a resource or an unchaste woman. If a man’s coat is interpreted as a woman, it suggests investing substantial capital into something yielding little return. Losing one’s coat means being preserved from poverty while boasting of one’s status. A coat also represents a person’s trust, as it rests on the shoulders and neck. For a woman, seeing a coat signifies experiencing harsh treatment from her husband. (See also Cap, Overcoat)
Category: Animals
(Gamecock) Cock fighting in a dream signifies stirring up conflict between close friends or associates, or provoking rivalry among scholars or a quarrel between two mosque muezzins.
Category: Plants
Eating a coconut in a dream suggests one may have an aptitude for divination or will befriend a fortune‑teller. It can also warn of possibly developing intestinal inflammation.
Category: Action
Resisting coercion from wicked people or refusing to be intimidated by evil companions in a dream reflects one’s faith in God, fear of sin, and performing acts that please the Almighty. (See also Horn, Recalcitrant Child)
Category: Cutlery
(Brewing, Utensil) To see a coffee pot in a vision signifies worldly detachment, heightened spiritual dedication, the birth of a male child, an attendant, a minor settlement, a gainful enterprise, or journeys to be taken.
Category: Objects
(Arc) A coffin appearing in a vision denotes substantial riches. Should one witness himself concealing his body within a coffin, this indicates apprehension of an adversary and an inability to confront him, though such imagery may also signify deliverance or evasion of impending perils. If one dreams of riding atop a coffin, it suggests his name is recorded in a testament, or that he will enter into a conflict over a bequest which will ultimately favor him. To be presented with a coffin in a vision means he is granted wisdom, tranquility, and honor. A coffin can also symbolize anxiety and distress, or a means of conveyance. A miller's mixing trough, which historically resembled a coffin in form, represents a righteous individual, a learned man, or a genuine spiritual mentor. (Also see Sarcophagus)
Category: Feelings
(Atmospheric) In a vision, experiencing cold signifies impoverishment. A chilling, blustery climate points to a worsening of one's indigent state. Should the sun be shining yet the air remains cold, and the dreamer finds himself seated in the sunlight, then his condition of want shall be alleviated. To see oneself under the sun's glare and then moving into the shade for refuge suggests his anxieties and sorrows will vanish. Should this vision occur in the summertime, it foretells affluence. If one dreams of seeking a flame or smoke for warmth, it indicates he pursues employment that carries risk. Should he seek warmth from burning coals in the vision, it signifies he will wrongfully take funds from an orphan. Cold in winter holds little meaning, but to experience it in a summer vision means one's intended journey will be cancelled. (Also see Cold weather)
Category: Weather
(Congestion, Severe cold) A vision of suffering from a harsh, debilitating cold signifies a wicked person of duplicitous nature, who is distrustful of people, coarse in character, unfeeling in speech, and who brings no good to anyone.
Category: Water
If one beholds himself drinking chilled, revitalizing water directly from a common faucet in a vision, it signifies ease and gladness. (Also see Drink)
Category: Weather
(Swine) Experiencing cold conditions in a vision during the summer months denotes advantages, earnings, or the acquisition of new and costly garments. Conversely, experiencing heat in a vision during the winter season portends the opposite outcomes.
Category: Human Body
(med. Gastrointestinal disease (Inflammation) To suffer from colitis in a vision denotes experiencing discomfort, lethargy, or illness in the company of one's kin, offspring, or relatives. Alternatively, it may signify behaving stingily towards one's own household and consequently facing a fitting penalty. For a woman, colitis in a vision can indicate pregnancy, forming associations with corrupt individuals, or hearing severe and unkind speech.
Category: Earth
Should one witness the walls of his dwelling falling down due to a deluge in a vision, it foretells the passing of his spouse. If one sees his house collapsing upon him, raising a great dust cloud, it suggests he may be stricken with measles. A ceiling that gives way signifies ruin. To see a ruined house rebuilt and standing anew indicates the spiritual renewal of its inhabitant. If one anticipates a family member's return or awaits a guest, and a section of his house caves in, it signals the imminent arrival of that traveler. If a daughter, sister, or other woman resides there, it means the visitor will come seeking her in marriage. If a tempest utterly destroys his entire house, it portends that death will visit that place by the hand of an oppressor. To dream of oneself tearing down an old house or structure signifies misfortune. Should a woman see her walls collapsing upon her, it portends the death of her husband. (Also see Destruction)
Category: Objects
(Collar, Neckband, Neckwear) A collar band beheld in a vision symbolizes a mother's or wife's delight and esteem upon seeing her son or daughter prospering in the trade of fine gems. For an unwed woman to see herself adorned with a neckband, necklace, or collar made from pearls, peridot, or chrysotile signifies she will wed a man of noble lineage and high station, bear him children, and attain her deepest contentment and affection through this union. Should the collar be fashioned from alum, it denotes marriage to a youth from the East. If the band is made of beads in the vision, her husband will be a lowly and despicable man. If a man sees himself wearing such a collar, it presages a sensation of choking, mental anguish, or a dispute. (Also see Neckband, Necklace)
Category: Food
(Lactate, Milk) Should a woman with child behold in a vision the initial, nutrient-rich fluid that emerges for a short time following birth, it signifies her safe delivery, or the act of giving birth itself.
Category: Objects
(Black, Blond, Bluish-black, Green, Maroon, Purple, Red, Reddish-brown, White, Yellow) In visions, the colour blond signifies affluence, joy, or illness. It may also symbolize conflict, sickness, devotion, respect, or a pious individual. Conversely, blond can denote worthlessness, vileness, baseness, or moral corruption. Eyes of black hue belong to a devout person. Eyes of bluish-black shade indicate opposition to one's faith. Blue eyes portend heretical changes in religion. Green eyes represent a creed distinct from all others. The colour green itself points to a bountiful harvest or wealth, or it may signify youthful vigor or the dread of transgression. Blue in a dream represents sorrow, gloom, hostility, or a disaster. The colour red signifies merriment, festivity, spirituality, or sovereignty; it may also symbolize worldly possessions and gains. A maroon or reddish-brown colour denotes majesty, nobility, authority, or a rich woman. Purple represents a dazzling, talented, and lovely woman, or it can mean a sweet scent, inconstancy, disease, passion, or accord. White suggests loveliness or the aged. A black banner signifies a scholar; a white one denotes envy; a yellow flag warns of a plague; a green flag signifies an overland voyage. A black cloud represents an equitable judge, while a white cloud signifies blessed, noble, and genuine justice. A white thread heralds daybreak; a black thread the night. If one's cheeks appear brilliantly white, it means honour, generosity, or attaining a lofty social position. Unidentified white or green tents seen in an encampment symbolize the tombs of martyrs. Yellow signifies hardship, malady, penitence, a male child, or gallantry. (Also see Flag, Garment)
Category: Objects
(Pillar, Post) Within a vision, a column signifies one's religious foundation. Witnessing a pillar descending from the heavens denotes divine grace and the blessing of a fair, merciful, and patient sovereign reigning in that country. To be struck by a post, or to use one to strike another, signifies hearing or uttering severe words that characterize the person who is hit. If one leans upon a column that was purchased or gifted, it suggests his livelihood will depend on an elderly woman, or he will wed an aged woman. A column also symbolizes a dependable friend. A slanting pillar represents an employee who deceives his master, defies him, and is two-faced. Should a laborer see a leaning post, his employer will show him kindness and gratitude. Columns can denote influential and powerful men adept at managing duties. To possess a column or to become a columnist in a vision, if one is fit, indicates he will rise as a leader of his people, a foundational figure in his profession, or a luminary of knowledge and wisdom sought by those in need. Becoming a pillar in a vision may also mean his death, or signify lamentation. A pillar can stand for a father, a son, wealth, principal, a companion, a conveyance, a spouse, or a ruler. A marble column represents immense riches, a man of stature, or a distinguished woman. A granite column denotes a person who holds himself in contempt. Stone signifies rapidly shifting circumstances. A wooden column signifies a hypocrite. The pillars of a mosque represent its Imam, caller to prayer, attendants, and the congregation. (Also see Base)
Category: Tools
A comb seen in a vision stands for a righteous man who endeavors to assist, serve, console, and bring joy to others. It also indicates a favorable time for entering a business partnership or taking a position in a major company, as the teeth of a comb are uniform. If its teeth are tipped with gold or silver, these represent one's employees: gold caps signify loyal workers, while silver caps denote deceitful and unfaithful ones. Combing one's hair signifies paying the obligatory alms, or it may mean giving charity. A comb can further denote an upright and equitable man, a joyous hour, a sage, a judge, a healer, or a religious admonisher whose counsel can be beneficial. It may also represent a barber or one's mother. Combing the hair of an unknown woman symbolizes a wind that will aid in pollinating trees. In a vision, a comb also signifies a sifter or a sieve. Its teeth may represent one's own teeth or the teeth of a saw. Some interpret combing hair as weaving a carpet. Combing one's hair or beard means removing troubles and sorrows. A comb can also represent a virtuous, just, and impartial man among his associates, or it may signify a long life, prosperity, and triumph over an adversary.
Category: Action
To unite or harmonize elements, such as pairing pearls with gold, amber with gold, or gems with pearls, in a vision signifies using one's wisdom, advice, virtuous behavior, or expert judgment to bring benefit to other people.
Category: Types of People
(Humourist, Storyteller) In a vision, a comedian represents an individual who carefully chooses his words, enhances his delivery, verifies information, or perpetually seeks fresh material for his craft. A comedian can also signify someone who trades in immodest apparel. (Also see Humourist)
Category: Feelings
To experience comfort within a vision signifies the removal of griefs or the settling of outstanding obligations. (Also see Fan)
Category: Other
(Compensate, Interchange, Substitute) To exchange one thing for another of superior quality in a vision denotes a hardship and a distressing injury which one elects to endure with forbearance and acceptance, regarding it as his destined portion until the Almighty relieves him of it and grants him a more substantial reward in this life and the next. (Also see Compensation)
Category: Types of People
(Friendship) If an ailing person sees himself journeying upon a path alongside a friend or traveling with him in a vision, it indicates he will regain his health. Keeping company with an unfamiliar person on a road signifies incurring damage. Traveling in the company of a kinsman carries an unfavorable implication.
Category: Types of People
(Followers, Righteous people, Successors) To witness in a vision any of the Companions of God's Messenger (upon whom be peace), his followers, or their successors entering a town or region afflicted by calamities, tyranny, or conflict signifies deliverance for its inhabitants and a transformation of their state. It may also indicate that their leaders will return to guidance. Beholding the spiritually learned of a land means an increase in one's own understanding. Seeing the sages of a region denotes growth in one's wisdom. Observing the admonishers of a town points to spiritual advancement and greater contentment. Seeing the righteous inhabitants and God's appointed custodians of a land signifies an increase in one's piety. If one sees past Companions alive in a vision, it foretells prosperity, justice, and economic improvement for the people, stemming from a leadership that fears God. To dream of reviving one of the Companions, their followers, or successors means he will restore their customs and ways. If one sees himself transformed into a known righteous Companion or follower of God's Prophet (upon whom be peace), it signifies he will undergo tribulations commensurate with the elevated status of such blessed souls, though his ultimate outcome will be commendable. (Also see Righteous people, Scholars)
Category: Action
A man seen traversing the thoroughfares in a vision represents a mentor or counselor who warns the people, works for reconciliation and harmony, and strives to promote good while forbidding what is wrong.
Category: Other
(See Commutative contract, Coughing) To recover a lost item within his vision, or to perform a deed that brings him a recompense, symbolizes his faithfulness, the keeping of his pledges, safeguarding his friendships, and his pursuit of licit gain. (Also see Finding something)
Category: Action
To praise oneself in a vision signifies committing a transgression. If an unfamiliar youth offers him praise, it indicates his adversary will submit to him. If a known youth, or an elder, compliments him, it signifies achieving prosperity through their means.
Category: Types of People
(Deceiver, Shark) Should a swindler see himself as a monarch or a chieftain in a vision, it foretells that he will be apprehended and confined.
Category: Action
(Hiding) If one sees himself entering a dwelling to take cover in a vision, it means he will receive words of sympathy, or that he will father a female child. Concealing oneself also signifies reliance upon what one uses for cover. If one hides behind a mountain, it denotes putting his faith in a respected or pious individual. (Also see Clouds)
Category: Action
(Compromise, Peace, Reconciliation, Settlement) Dreaming of establishing peace with an opponent signifies potential disputes in one's waking life. Yet, a reconciliation guided by divine law between two foes or companions represents unity, sincere repentance, divinely approved guidance, heavenly favor, and material gain. Such a vision may also indicate an impending debate with the individual appearing in the dream. If someone envisions themselves reconciling with an adversary, it suggests they will invite an unaware soul to follow the righteous path. Settling a monetary dispute with an opponent in a dream foretells financial gain for the creditor. Witnessing a peace accord between warring factions on a battlefield symbolizes security, prosperity, and plans for marriage or a business venture. Mediating a quarrel between intoxicated individuals over their drink points to emerging hostilities among people. If two opposing groups in a dream agree to honor each other's beliefs, it heralds the rise of a novel doctrine, fresh inventions, and coming tests. Dreaming of urging a disputant toward an extrajudicial settlement means one is counseling others to adhere to spiritual direction.
Category: Feelings
Offering sympathy or condolences to a prosperous person in a dream portends hardships, while extending the same to someone in severe need signifies a coming blessing. Expressing condolences to an individual undergoing trials in a vision brings news of forthcoming joy.
Category: Action
(Secret, Trust) Should one dream of a person entrusting a secret to another or sharing confidential matters, it indicates the impending death of the listener. (Also see Secret)
Category: Other
(Agreement, Consent) In a dream, agreeing to follow God's decrees or aligning oneself with sacred law denotes affection for fellow believers, companionship with the virtuous, and abandonment of ties to corrupt associates.
Category: Trees
(Pitch, Resin) A conifer tree appearing in a dream symbolizes a journey. (Also see Resin)
Category: Other
(Social acquaintance) Dreaming of possessing influential connections signifies forcing an enemy to withdraw or to submit to one's terms. Having significant relationships in a vision also mitigates divine displeasure, much like giving charity privately. This holds unless one's associates belong to a wicked circle or if they consort with plotters.
Category: Other
(Draft, Enlistment, Call-up, Mobilization) Being conscripted in a vision signifies an awareness of communal benefit and demonstrates impartiality among all people, regardless of status, wealth, kinship, reputation, or anonymity.
Category: Celestial Bodies
Seeing celestial constellations in a vision carries varied meanings: Alcyone denotes soil or riches; Aldebaran suggests withdrawal or private parts; Andromeda indicates a woman in trouble; Alhena points to contentment or incapacity; Antilia signifies metal; Apus represents a divine bird; Ara symbolizes flight; Arcturus warns of illicit gains or deeds; Argo denotes a sea journey; Auriga and Corvus promise luck and favor; Bootis stands for a herder or subservience; Castor means progress; Cepheus signifies a leader; Corona Australis indicates matrimony; Corona Borealis means pardon and security; Cygnus is a swan; Grus suggests leaving; Libra warns of infidelity. Viewing the Celestial Equator means joy. Witnessing, possessing, controlling, or naming constellations like the Little Bear, Great Bear, Aquila, Orion, Spica, Aries, or Aquarius implies forming an alliance or wedding a woman bearing that name, sign, or traits, or possibly fathering a son. The celestial pole signifies a pious devotee or a high military officer. Pollux relates to pursuit. Ursa Major and Minor indicate chasing, following, divine signals, or paths of movement. Triangulum means stipulations; Vela means a clash; Virgo signifies a birth control method; Vulpecula denotes a loud cry. (Also see Celestial spheres, Dog, Star)
Category: Human Body
Constipation in a vision represents miserliness, excessive attachment to wealth or possessions, and a constricted state of the heart, indicating a person who withholds what should be given, resists generosity, and is reluctant to fulfill the rights of others, whether in charity, kindness, or moral responsibility, reflecting inner stagnation, spiritual blockage, and an unwillingness to let go or share blessings entrusted to them.
Category: Types of People
(Builder, Mason, Woodworker, Laborer) A construction worker appearing in a dream can signify either want or wealth. It may also reflect toil, indecision about one's career path, a person who bears another's load with patience, an inventor of false tales, one who adorns stories with untruths, or someone who blends what is permissible with what is forbidden. This figure can also represent someone who, for payment, sows discord among people. If dust settles upon him during his labor in the dream, he will gain from his actions. If no dust touches him, he will gain nothing from such provocation. Should one see a construction worker tearing down a wall or dwelling, it foretells a rift between companions that may lead to one's demise. (Also see Carpenter, Digging, Labor, Pickaxe)
Category: Other
The uninterrupted persistence of ordinary aspects in a vision—such as one's home, position, or state of being—foretells stable employment. It also signifies a deepening of religious devotion if one sees oneself in constant worship, exaltation, and remembrance of the Divine. Reciting the majestic names of God before a graveyard or ruins, followed by weeping and sorrow in the dream, points to distress arising from connection to such places.
Category: Other
In a vision, a contract symbolizes a strand of pearls, a marital agreement, a dowry settlement, or a commercial pact. It may also represent a solemn vow or the formation of a binding alliance with the other signatory. (Also see Knot, Pledge of allegiance)
Category: Places
(Monastery) Witnessing a convent in a dream carries a meaning akin to seeing a church. It may signal the lifting of worry or hardship and deliverance from trials. For an ailing person who sees a convent, it suggests his death is near.
Category: Action
Conveying or entrusting a secret in a dream signifies being charged with a trust, responsibility, or sensitive knowledge that must be safeguarded with honesty and discretion. It reflects confidence placed in the dreamer, the weight of confidentiality, and the moral obligation to preserve what is hidden from those not entitled to it. Such a vision may also point to intimate confiding, the transfer of authority or responsibility, or involvement in matters that demand loyalty, restraint, and ethical conduct, warning that betrayal or misuse of the trust could lead to loss of honor, harm, or serious consequences.
Category: Tools
In a vision, a conveyor belt signifies the birth of a male child or embarking upon a voyage.
Category: Animals
In a vision, the gentle murmur of a dove denotes a person of wisdom, a learned individual, someone with refined manners, a tender-hearted soul of modest means but numerous companions, or the disciples of a sage. The cooing sound can also signify the instructive voice of a teacher. (Also see Sound of animals)
Category: Action
Preparing food over flames in a dream indicates reaching an objective or fulfilling an aim. If one observes himself cooking over fire and the dish is properly done, it foretells accomplishment and renown. Conversely, if the food remains uncooked, it signals failure to achieve the desired end. Cooking in a vision also means stirring up significant affairs. Well-prepared food signifies financial gain and profit. The difficulty of cooking raw meat suggests involvement in an undertaking that will not come to fruition; if it does cook and one partakes of it, success is assured. Preparing mutton signifies an upright life, generosity, and legitimate earnings. Cooking beef points to a life of ease supported by the work of artisans. Cooking lion meat suggests attaining authority over oppressive individuals, though it requires constant wariness and a life of anxiety. Cooking dog meat denotes managing a base occupation. Including fat in the cooking implies ill-gotten gains; without fat, it indicates a demeaning job with continued poverty. Cooking a bird signifies administering an enterprise or gaining lawful income through association with the affluent and respected. Preparing a meal with vulture meat means ruling over or doing business with foolish or negligent people and earning unlawful money. (Also see Pot, Stew)
Category: Types of People
In a vision, a coppersmith symbolizes wickedness, trials, hardships, pains, clamor, the marriage of a single person, or delighting in parenthood. (Also see Brass)
Category: Action
(Breeding, Farming, Rearing) If one witnesses himself guiding a male animal to mate with a female in a dream, it signifies a bountiful yield for that agricultural cycle. (Also see Driver)
Category: Animals
(Coralline) In a vision, coral signifies currency, riches, or a lovely maiden. Adorning a necklace set with coral stone denotes negligence and deviation from the righteous path.
Category: Objects
(Pillar) A cornerstone in a vision signifies one's spouse, or it may represent wealth. (Also see Black stone, Kaaba)
Category: Objects
(Affinity, Concord, Likeness) The act of exchanging letters between companions in a dream signifies a long life, as it represents the unification of two fates, and it denotes the ease and joy each derives from their friendship.
Category: Objects
(Henna, Makeup) If one sees his face adorned with red cosmetic coloring in a vision, it foretells that he will engage in fornication and subsequently be discovered. Cosmetic makeup also symbolizes the implements of an artisan. It further indicates ornamentation, wealth, or offspring.
Category: Food
Consuming cottage cheese in a vision signifies wholesome and cherished money that one relishes along with other comforts. (Also see Cheese)
Category: Plants
Cotton in a vision signifies money, though of lesser value than wool. The act of carding cotton means examining one's transgressions. Cotton also represents a year, and the cotton plant denotes a modest man. (Also see Carder)
Category: Types of People
(A skilled tradesperson who separates seeds from cotton.) In a vision, a cotton ginner represents a learned man or an arbitrator who resolves conflicts. He may also signify someone who coins currency or one who distinguishes pure metal from impure, or he may denote a man with numerous wives and children. (Also see Carder, Cotton, Cotton ginnery)
Category: Places
(Gin) In a vision, a cotton gin denotes giving orders, fulfilling a requirement, propagation, virtuous descendants, profitable investment, marriage, truth coming to light, and discernment. A cotton gin may also symbolize two associates, one of whom is deceitful and the other unyielding. (Also see Cotton ginner)
Category: Places
Possessing a cotton plantation in a vision indicates having wealth accompanied by difficulties. (Also see Carder, Cotton)
Category: Objects
(Canopy, Furniture, Love seat) An elevated couch in a vision symbolizes one's spouse, a midwife, or a position of authority. If it is wooden, it suggests dignity; if it lacks upholstery, it indicates low status. A padded and fabric-covered couch signifies honor, well-being, advancement, kind speech, new garments, love, fondness, and harmony. (Also see Bed, Mattress)
Category: Human Body
(Pay, Compensate, Render) In a vision, coughing denotes lodging a grievance or informing on someone to officials. A cough severe enough to induce near-suffocation signifies one's death. Coughing is also interpreted as an intention to report or complain about someone, though one may ultimately abandon the effort.
Category: Types of People
(Advisor, Statesman) A counsellor in a dream is someone who beautifies his speech, polishes his deeds, and assures every person he meets that their wishes will be fulfilled. As long as he offers his counsel without demanding payment, he remains sincere and trustworthy. Yet at times he may perform an action that brings pain and regret even to his closest companions.
Category: Action
Counting apples in a dream signifies counting wealth. Reaching the number one hundred, five thousand, or twenty thousand foretells triumph over an adversary. Reaching seven or eight signals hardship and strain. Reaching nine warns of troubles and association with wicked people. Reaching ten means finishing a task or performing the Hajj pilgrimage. Reaching forty indicates a promise will soon be kept. Reaching thirty points to making false oaths or impossible pledges. The number one stands for uniqueness, pre-eminence in faith, wealth, marriage, offspring, or a preference for seclusion. It also represents Allah, the One who has no partner. Two means aid against foes. Three signifies a vow fulfilled. Four denotes the pilgrimage to Mecca. Five reflects doubt and frail belief. Six announces victory over enemies or proof of their guilt. Counting money bearing the name of God means praising and glorifying Him continually. Counting large notes inscribed with the Name of God Almighty signifies gaining sacred knowledge. Coins or notes bearing portraits of people indicate heresy, innovation in religion, or associating partners with God. Counting pearls means reciting the Qur’an. Counting precious stones means acquiring wisdom from a true knower. Counting prayer beads means meddling in others’ affairs, indecent speech, or immorality. Counting sheep equals counting riches or one’s children. Counting cows promises long life or enduring severe trials. A farmer counting camels foretells rainfall and abundant crops. Counting buffaloes signifies toil and suffering. (Also see Money)
Category: Feelings
Demonstrating courage within a dream signifies steadfastness and firm resolve. It can further denote performing voluntary acts of worship to draw closer to Allah. Alternatively, it may represent a person's endeavor to earn the approval of others, whether through protecting them or boldly confronting their adversaries. This interpretation similarly applies to acts of daring.
Category: Places
Being interrogated or examined in a courtroom by unfamiliar individuals in a dream suggests that one has deviated into religious innovation and will be held responsible for their actions. (Also see Digging up the past)
Category: Action
Engaging in courtship with a woman, reciting amatory verses to her, or publicly showing amorous affection in a dream symbolizes a person who reveals the confidential matters of people.
Category: Feelings
Experiencing covetousness in a dream points towards committing sin. (Also see Jealousy)
Category: Animals
A cow seen in a dream symbolizes a long life. A cow that is black or yellow denotes joy, abundance, and a bountiful yield. Should one see a white marking on a cow's face early in the year, it signifies stability. A piebald cow, or one patched with white and black, carries a similar meaning, though it also indicates firmness if witnessed around mid-year. A plump cow in a dream foretells a lengthy life and material wealth. Such a cow might also represent a devout woman. A thin, wasted cow suggests a period of drought. Consuming cow's milk, meat, or fat in a dream points to affluence and lawful earnings for that year. A horned cow denotes a defiant woman. If a dairy cow permits milking, it signifies blessings being bestowed; refusal, however, foretells strife and disagreement. Should a servant dream of milking his master's cow, it means he will wed his master's widow and acquire great riches. A cow entering one's home and charging or butting the dreamer warns of domestic losses and betrayal. Striking or biting a cow in a dream suggests the cow embodies one's own misdeeds. Being scratched by a cow indicates impending sickness. An attack by a cow or steer portends a severe chastisement or possible death within the year. Riding a black cow, or bringing one into the house and tethering it, heralds wealth, successful trade, and the lifting of worry, grief, solitude, or hardship. A butchered cow represents a disaster. The arrival of yellow cows at a city's dock signals an epidemic or the spread of strange illnesses. An ugly herd of cows, with smoke from their nostrils, entering a town to the dismay of its people, means an invasion, enemies, or occupation by unwanted troops. Riding a cow suggests an inheritance from a woman. Receiving a cowhide as a gift foretells money from an authority figure, while having one taken away indicates a fine to be paid. Seeing the calf from the story of the Children of Israel points to discord, trials, or killing. It may also signify a wondrous occurrence or a divine sign manifesting in that area. If the dreamer has been disrespectful to his mother, it portends repentance and improved conduct toward her. Being butted by a cow signifies divine displeasure. (Also see Counting cows)
Category: Feelings
Experiencing cowardice in a dream can indicate preparing horses for the racetrack. Alternatively, it may represent humility, or the act of upholding what is correct and challenging what is false.
Category: Types of People
A cowboy appearing in a dream symbolizes incoming earnings from one's trade or venture. It may also signify dancing or spinning movements.
Category: Trees
Witnessing a crack within a tree trunk in a dream foretells that members of one's own household will unite in opposition against him.
Category: Human Body
The act of cracking one's knuckles or fingers in a dream signifies the trading of harsh words among kin, employing biting sarcasm, or mocking others. (Also see Body)
Category: Objects
Purchasing a cradle or finding oneself seated in one within a dream signifies divine favor, blessings, financial gains, and ease. A cradle can also denote a stepchild, particularly for a young woman. For a man, this vision suggests grief, hardship, confinement, or living in a cramped and limiting space. For an unmarried man, it foretells marriage. For a woman, it predicts childbirth, though it may also signify trials, difficulties, misfortunes, constriction, mourning, and weeping. In dreams, a cradle can further symbolize musical entertainment, a place of leisure, a quarrel, or a conflict. It may also represent a coffin. (Also see Cage, Cradle of Ismail)
Category: Objects
Seeing oneself performing prayers or standing at the Cradle of Ismail within the Sacred Mosque in Mecca in a dream portends the birth of a son who will become the chief sustainer of his family. For a wealthy person, this vision means he will be blocked from accessing his wealth and his rights to it will be temporarily halted. (Also see Circumambulation, Cradle, Kaaba, Muzdalifa, Pelting stones, Pilgrimage, Responding, Station of Abraham)
Category: Types of People
The appearance of a skilled craftsman in a dream indicates coming financial gains.
Category: Objects
A crane in a dream stands for an individual who is impoverished, humble, and lacking in strength. Capturing a crane signifies wedding a maiden from a family of low repute. These birds also represent gregarious individuals who enjoy companionship. Spotting a crane may indicate embarking on a long voyage or returning home safely from one. Observing cranes flying above a town warns of a severe winter, torrential rains, and inundations. Consuming crane flesh means accepting money from a dishonest person or a servant. A flock of cranes in flight symbolizes thieves, brigands, highwaymen, contamination, or a violent storm. Seeing scattered cranes flying suggests profits and advantages for a traveler, marriage, or the birth of a son. Riding on a crane foretells a descent into poverty. Possessing a large flock denotes leadership over others and the acquisition of wealth. Crane meat and feathers symbolize income derived from a poor or feeble person. Raising a flock of cranes also means governing impoverished people. Engaging in combat with a crane represents fighting someone poor and weak. Hearing a crane's cry signals the relief of anxiety and concerns.
Category: Action
Moving on hands and knees in a dream signifies a lingering ailment, or performing prayers seated when one is physically able to stand. It may also denote hesitation about a journey and receiving reproach for it, or a loss of enthusiasm and energy. For a destitute person, this vision suggests his necessities will be met. For a wealthy individual, it predicts a fall into neediness. Crawling can also represent self-satisfaction and showing undue favoritism toward others.
Category: Food
Cream seen in a dream symbolizes an unborn child within its mother's womb. (Also see Butter)
Category: Objects
Pressing out the wrinkles from one's clothing before donning it in a dream reflects a preoccupation with appearance, sparkle, and adornments.
Category: Action
The act of creeping, whether by a person or an animal, in a dream points to larceny, secret observation, or listening in on private conversations.
Category: Celestial Bodies
If the new crescent moon is seen in its proper place in the sky within a dream, it signifies the birth of a fortunate son, appointment to a significant position, or profit from one's trade. Witnessing several crescents gathered together indicates performing the Hajj pilgrimage. A crimson-colored crescent foretells a pregnancy loss. Should a crescent fall to the ground in the dream, it symbolizes the arrival of an infant. Seeing the new moon when others see it but being unable to oneself denotes one's own death, or signifies deviation and wickedness in the coming year. Observing the crescent at an incorrect time heralds joyful news, a traveler's return, or a childbirth. The moon's first appearance also confirms the truthfulness of a promise or the receipt of money, as obligations often fall due at the month's start. A crescent appearing in an incorrect direction, such as the South or North, points to witnessing or committing a vile act that provokes disgust and may quickly fade, depending on the crescent's duration there. The new moon can also represent a ruler, sudden good tidings, the cry of a newborn, or an insurrectionist. If the crescent is shrouded in murky darkness, or if water or blood trickles from it without rain, it signifies a traveler's homecoming, a caller ascending the minaret for prayer, a preacher on his pulpit, debt repayment, completing the pilgrimage, or life's end. A dim, tarnished, or coppery crescent, or one shaped like a snake or scorpion, denotes evil. Seeing it on the correct night of its birth means one's wife will become pregnant. In dreams, the crescent can also symbolize a small child, turning away from sin, the removal of hardship, release from captivity, or recovery from sickness. Observing the crescent as it rises is more favorable than seeing it set. Its sudden disappearance means one's plan, goal, or desire will not come to pass. (Also see Moon)
Category: Objects
Seeing a crest in a dream represents a young boy or male child, and it may also point to youthfulness, fresh beginnings, developing strength, or a son who brings pride, responsibility, and continuity, symbolizing growth, lineage, and the early stages of character, honor, and future potential.
Category: Other
Committing a crime in a dream signifies moral decline and corruption of character, indicating that the dreamer may become negligent, heedless, or inclined toward sinful behavior, and it serves as a warning of straying from righteousness, abandoning discipline and responsibility, and falling into disgrace through wrongful actions and disregard for ethical and religious obligations.
Category: Types of People
A critic in a dream signifies receiving direction and breaking away from corrupt associates. Such a figure also represents an expert who distinguishes the genuine from the counterfeit, or one who selects what is superior. If the critic appears as a religious person, it means the dreamer will pursue the most virtuous path and the highest form of knowledge, which is understanding the divine faith. If the critic is a worldly man, it denotes choosing a life of greatest ease and enjoyment. Should the critic be a ruler, it signifies attaining the peak of authority.
Category: Action
Hearing the clear and unmistakable croaking of a frog in a dream signifies a grave omen, pointing to death or the nearing end of a life, and it may also indicate the announcement of a sorrowful event, a sudden separation, or the arrival of distressing news that brings fear, grief, and a reminder of life’s fragility and the certainty of return to God. (See Sound of animals)
Category: Animals
A crocodile in a dream symbolizes a police officer. A crocodile in water represents an untrustworthy individual, whether friend or enemy. It also denotes a robber or a deceitful trader. If a crocodile drags the dreamer into water and kills him, it foretells arrest by an officer who will slay him and take his possessions. Escaping from the crocodile means evading such a peril in waking life. Generally, a crocodile signifies arrogance, wrongdoing, a highwayman, illicit gains, terror, and despondency. It can also signify the end of one's life, depicted by drowning. Seeing it in water is inauspicious, while seeing it on land means it is weakened and subdued. Being pulled into water by a crocodile signifies being compelled by an authority figure to perform a hated task. Consuming crocodile meat or dragging one from the water signifies victory over a foe or rival. (Also see Alligator, Policeman, Thief)
Category: Plants
The act of planting in a dream indicates that one's wife will conceive. Plowing another's land signifies a quarrel between them. Crops consumed by fire portend famine and drought. Walking through verdant fields denotes striving to perform righteous and charitable acts and living piously, while being uncertain of divine acceptance. For a married person, planting means conceiving a son; for an unmarried person, it means marriage; for a merchant, it means increased profit. Green crops signify a long life, while dried crops point to life's end nearing. Planting wheat denotes charity that multiplies one's reward. Ears of grain signify calamity or sorrows. Seeing barley in its field signifies spiritual enlightenment and a deliberate turn to good works. Recognizing one's own crop represents one's worldly and spiritual deeds. (Also see Farm, Harvest, Planting)
Category: Objects
A cross in a dream can represent a dignitary deserving of honor, or a religious figure. Bearing a cross may signify marriage, an ill-suited union, or fathering a son. It can also denote fornication, violation, or conceiving a child outside of wedlock. Alternatively, seeing a cross is interpreted as signifying death, conflict, opposition, warfare, struggle, anguish, trial, falsehood, perjury, or defamation.
Category: Animals
A crow in a dream signifies unlawful intimacy, stinginess, arrogance, boastfulness, or a quarrelsome nature. It also points to someone who hides wicked deeds and intentions. Hunting crows foretells illicit earnings gained through trickery and dishonesty. A crow perched on the roof of one’s house indicates that the wife is secretly involved with one of the husband’s companions. When a crow speaks in a dream, it announces the birth of a son who will grow up dishonest and depraved; it may also mean passing through sadness followed by relief. Eating crow flesh means obtaining money from robbers. A crow standing before a court of justice warns of committing a grave wrong and bearing its penalty, or even murdering a brother and later regretting it. A crow scratching a person’s face foretells death from sickness or perishing from cold in a winter forest. Receiving a crow as a gift brings joy. A hooded crow symbolizes long life, a prosperous elder, or amazement at something unexpected. A crow landing on a respected household means a corrupt man will wed a virtuous woman from that family. A piebald crow indicates calamity striking one’s son; owning one points to raising a wayward child, while slaughtering it brings tidings from afar. If that piebald crow speaks, it foretells a son of shameful character. A flock of crows inside the house promises lasting wealth and respect, yet it may also represent backbiters and slanderers. In general, a crow stands for a fierce fighter concerned only with personal gain, a gravedigger, bearer of ill news, mismanagement of life or trade, distant travel, hardship, cursing others, or a person who mixes virtue with vice. A jackdaw signifies crop failure. Fighting a crow means clashing with a person of similar traits. Holding a crow in the hand denotes vanity and self-delusion. A crow inside one’s business premises signals the presence of a dishonest employee. Hunting crows yields unlawful profit. A crow standing over a grave predicts that the dreamer will die there or that he will uncover a hidden truth previously unknown to him. (Also see Baby crow, Carrion crow, Raven)
Category: Types of People
Witnessing a throng of people gathering, queuing, or enduring severe hardship in a dream signifies an augmentation of one's influence, elevation in status, and the attainment of renown and acknowledgment. For a merchant or businessperson, this vision indicates expansion in trade and a growing customer base. For a preacher, it foretells an increase in the number of his adherents.
Category: Objects
For a believer, a crown in a dream symbolizes the Noble Quran, sacred knowledge, material success, or union with a wealthy woman. Wearing a crown signifies fathering a son, relocating to a new city, or causing an adversary to withdraw. For a woman, this vision means wedding a person of nobility and high rank. If she is expectant, it foretells the birth of a son. For a prisoner, it predicts release and the restoration of his honor. A crown adorned with jewels is more favorable than a plain gold one, as a golden crown is often an ill portent. For a widow, a jeweled crown means marriage to a rich foreigner; a gold crown means wedding an elderly man whose wealth she will soon inherit. An oppressive ruler seeing a gold crown may lose his sight, while seeing a jeweled one signifies establishing commercial ties abroad. A woman having her crown stolen foretells her husband's death. (Also see Turban)
Category: Objects
Donning a crown in a dream denotes growth in wealth and progeny. For a woman, it signifies wedding a person from a foreign land. For a man, it suggests prevailing over slanderous accusations. If a merchant sees himself crowned, it warns of diminished trade and authority. For a ruler, it signifies a lapse in religious duty. If a king sees his crown being removed, it portends possible assassination or the loss of his realm.
Category: Action
Being crucified in a dream signifies the elevation or high rank of the one on the cross. For one suited for leadership, it means achieving his aims. Dying from crucifixion signifies losing faith or neglecting divine commandments. Surviving the ordeal denotes ruling justly. For a common person, it portends humiliation and oppression. Being raised onto a cross after death means attaining worldly status while remaining morally and religiously corrupt. Being crucified without knowing when it began means recovering lost possessions or achieving objectives. Being crucified after being killed signifies being deceived despite one's high position. Eating the flesh of a crucified person means slandering him; if blood flows from the flesh, it means being hired to inflict harm. Eating such flesh can also denote traveling by postal coach or cargo vessel. Riding in a mail wagon foretells imminent death. Being crucified on a city wall with onlookers signifies rising in rank and commanding powerful men; bleeding means his subjects benefit from him. For a poor person, crucifixion means wealth; for a rich person, it means exposure of his affairs, defamation, or poverty. For an unmarried person, it signifies marriage.
Category: Action
Witnessing a mountain, building, or tomb shattering or collapsing without external force in a dream signifies the fading of one's reputation, the disappearance of memory after death, or the loss of one's legacy and references. Crumbling can also denote fulfilling a pledge.
Category: Objects
A crupper in a dream represents a despicable and lowly custodian who exploits his position for gain. It can also symbolize a servant engaged in a clandestine affair with his master's wife. Alternatively, it signifies wealth or a money belt.
Category: Action
Weeping or lamenting in a dream signifies trouble, grief, and anxiety. However, if the tears are shed out of reverence for Allah, it heralds deliverance and subsequent gladness. (Also see Laughing)
Category: Food
Cucumbers in a dream symbolize trouble and melancholy. Consuming one indicates striving for something but with significant hardship, especially if they are yellow. If a pregnant woman's husband sees them, it foretells the birth of a daughter. Receiving cucumbers as a gift portends eventual benefits. (Also see Pickles, Snake-cucumber)
Category: Objects
A sash or cummerbund worn around the waist in a dream represents one's father, mother, or paternal uncle. Fastening it signifies having used half of one's lifespan. Possessing many denotes a long life. It can also symbolize a son or an important man. Being given one by a ruler means appointment to a high office. A plain cummerbund signifies aid from a noble person, including moral and financial support. For a rich person, it means a powerful ally whose inner virtues exceed expectations. For a poor person, it means increased income or authority. An adorned cummerbund's jewels represent helpers or subjects who will execute commands, whether good or evil; the leader here is often unjust and two-faced. Iron ornaments denote strong associates; copper, worldly ones; lead, weak ones; silver, a wealthy leader succeeded by a capable son. Receiving but not wearing one signifies a journey. A broken cummerbund means loss of power or death. A snake in its place represents a money belt. For the jobless, it means employment; for the unmarried, a wife; if heavily ornamented, many children. (Also see Belt, Cincture, Waistband, Waist belt)
Category: Objects
A drinking vessel in a dream may symbolize a woman, a child, or a servant. Cups made of gold or silver carry stronger positive meanings than those of glass. Seeing a cup can also point to secrets being uncovered. A full cup may represent a pregnant woman, and if its water vanishes, it signals the coming of a newborn. A shattered glass cup can indicate death, including that of one's spouse. If a person carries a cup of water and the cup breaks while the water remains in hand, it suggests his wife may pass away after childbirth; if the cup stays whole but the water spills, she survives and the child is lost. A cup may likewise refer to a housekeeper, wealth, or possessions, and its material reflects the qualities of a woman. Eating pieces of a glass cup signals hardship and distress. (See also Drinking, Mug)
Category: Action
Having cupping performed in a dream can denote being forced into an agreement, taking on commitments beyond one's limits, recovering from sickness, clearing debts, or providing financial support to one’s family. It may also signify business decline or the concealment of wealth. If cupping is done but no blood appears, it reflects hidden faults that cannot be traced. The act may further symbolize restraint, refraining from speech, or choosing silence instead of replying.
Category: Human Body
If someone who is bald or normally shaven dreams of having curly hair, it suggests adopting the example of the Prophet, peace be upon him. Curly hair in a dream can also point to receiving compensation or monetary benefit from family, a spouse, or business dealings, or it may signify putting on new clothing. Styling or crimping one’s hair is viewed as an indication of beauty and a desire for added adornment.
Category: Action
Cursing one’s wife in a dream hints at false oaths, sinful behavior, or doubts about the lawfulness of the marriage or one’s income. To curse someone may also reflect being cast out, dismissed, exiled, or creating distance between oneself and another. Uttering curses can further indicate suffering defeat or losing to the person being cursed in waking life. (See also Infringement)
Category: Action
If a person sees himself being sliced or taken apart in a dream, it indicates that whoever carries out the cutting will gain authority or control over him. (See also Wound, Bleeding, Injury)
Category: Action
Cutting off one’s hand in a dream can point to neglecting obligatory prayers, gaining enough wealth to no longer rely on others, or turning away from sin. Having both the hand and heels severed suggests moral decline, withdrawing from spiritual gatherings, infertility, or being relieved of parental duties. Losing one’s nose or ear may reflect punishment, hardship, or being cut off from someone's news. Cutting off the tongue signals the collapse of one’s argument or being unable to make requests. Seeing oneself dismembered may indicate long journeys, the scattering of family members, breaking kinship ties, or facing financial penalties. (See also Beheading, Rupture of relations)
Category: Other
A sharp or unintended remark in a dream can mirror slipping on an unsteady surface in waking life, or the reverse, reflecting a moment when one’s words become hazardous. (See also Slippery surface)
Category: Objects
Cymbals in a dream symbolize people absorbed in worldly matters, arrogance, boastfulness, calamities, an unpleasant marriage, or distasteful intimacy. If they are played during a celebration outside one’s home, it may indicate engaging in trade or work in a distant land.
Category: Human Body
Finding a cyst on one’s body in a dream signifies wealth, strong resolve, and boldness in facing challenges.